Sri Lanka
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Sinhalese ශ්රී ලංකාව (śrī laṁkāva), from Sanskrit श्री लङ्का (śrī laṅkā, literally “holy island”).
Pronunciation
The initial consonant cluster /sɹ/ is often pronounced as /ʃɹ/ because there are native English words that begin with /ʃɹ/, but none that begin with /sɹ/.
Proper noun
Sri Lanka
- Country in South Asia. Official name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
- The island comprising most of this country.
Usage notes
“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.
Derived terms
Translations
a country in South Asia
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See also
- Appendix:Place names in Sri Lanka
- Countries of the world
- Names of Sri Lanka
Faroese
Etymology
From Sinhalese ශ්රී ලංකාව (śrī laṁkāva), from Sanskrit श्री (śrī, “holy”) and लंका (lankā, “island”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɹiː laʰŋ̊ka/
Finnish
Declension
| Inflection of Sri Lanka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Sri Lanka | — | |
| genitive | Sri Lankan | — | |
| partitive | Sri Lankaa | — | |
| illative | Sri Lankaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Sri Lanka | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Sri Lanka | — |
| gen. | Sri Lankan | ||
| genitive | Sri Lankan | — | |
| partitive | Sri Lankaa | — | |
| 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 | — | — | |
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /srʲi ˈlan.ka/
Audio (file)
Declension
declension of Sri Lanka
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Sri Lanka |
| genitive | Sri Lanki |
| dative | Sri Lance |
| accusative | Sri Lankę |
| instrumental | Sri Lanką |
| locative | Sri Lance |
| vocative | Sri Lanko |
Portuguese
Alternative forms
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