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Sri Lanka meaning in Sinhala

ශ්රී ලංකාව śrī laṁkāwa

/ʃɹiˈlɑːŋkə/

Sri Lanka in Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකාව (śrī laṁkāwa), ශ්රී ලංකා (śrī laṁkā). In English, Sri Lanka means an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India. Official name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Capitals: Colombo and Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.

Sinhala words for Sri Lanka

an island and country in South Asia
ශ්රී ලංකාව śrī laṁkāwa, ශ්රී ලංකා śrī laṁkā

English meaning of Sri Lanka

  1. proper noun An island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India. Official name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Capitals: Colombo and Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.

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What is the meaning of Sri Lanka in Sinhala?
Sri Lanka in Sinhala is ශ්රී ලංකාව (śrī laṁkāwa), ශ්රී ලංකා (śrī laṁkā).
Sri Lanka යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
Sri Lanka: ශ්රී ලංකාව (śrī laṁkāwa), ශ්රී ලංකා (śrī laṁkā).
What does Sri Lanka mean in English?
Sri Lanka means an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India. Official name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Capitals: Colombo and Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Sri Lanka (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sinhala words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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