Sri Lanka

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Proper noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 See also 2 Dutch 2.1 Proper noun 3 Finnish 3.1 Proper noun 3.1.1 Declension 4 German 4.1 Proper noun 5 Italian 5.1 Proper noun 5.1.1 See also 6 Norwegian 6.1 Proper noun 6.1.1 Related terms 7 Polish 7.1 Proper noun 7.1.1 Declension 7.1.2 Derived terms

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[edit] Etymology

From Sinhalese ශ්‍රී ලංකාව (śrī laṃkā), from Sanskrit श्री (śrī), “‘holy’”) and लंका (lankā), “‘island’”).

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• IPA: /ˌʃɾiː.ˈlaŋ.kaː/

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Singular Sri Lanka

Plural -

Sri Lanka

1. Country in South Asia. Official name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

[edit] Usage notes

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“Sri Lanka” has been the official name since 1972; prior to that it was Ceylon.

Place names are a source of controversy in Sri Lankan politics, in connection with the Sri Lankan Civil War, and some find “Sri Lanka” to be too Sinhalese. A Tamil name is Eelam, and some Tamil political parties retain “Ceylon” in their name, such as the All Ceylon Tamil Congress and the Ceylon Workers’ Congress.

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• Ceylon (no longer used)
• Serendib (ancient)
• Serendip (ancient)

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• Countries of the world
• Names of Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka

1. Sri Lanka (an island and a country)

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Sri Lanka

1. Sri Lanka

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Declension of Sri Lanka (type kala) singular plural nominative Sri Lanka – genitive Sri Lankan – partitive Sri Lankaa – accusative Sri Lanka Sri Lankan – inessive Sri Lankassa – elative Sri Lankasta – illative Sri Lankaan – adessive Sri Lankalla – ablative Sri Lankalta – allative Sri Lankalle – essive Sri Lankana – translative Sri Lankaksi – instructive – – abessive Sri Lankatta – comitative – – 1) Rare.

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Sri Lanka n.

1. Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka m.

1. Sri Lanka

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• Ceylon
• cingalese

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Sri Lanka

1. Sri Lanka

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• srilanker
• srilankisk

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Sri Lanka f.

1. Sri Lanka

[edit] Declension

	Singular only
Nominative	Sri Lanka
Genitive	Sri Lanki
Dative	Sri Lance
Accusative	Sri Lankę
Instrumental	Sri Lanką
Locative	Sri Lance
Vocative	Sri Lanko

[edit] Derived terms

• Lankijczyk m., Lankijka f.
• adjective: lankijski