Sri Lanka
/ʃɹiˈlɑːŋkə/
Sri Lanka 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.
Proper noun
Sri Lanka
- 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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Sri Lanka meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Sri Lanka in Hindi
- an island and country in South Asia
- श्रीलंका śrīlaṅkā, सिंहल sĩhal, श्रीलङ्का śrīlaṅkā, सिंघल siṅghal
Sri Lanka in Tamil
- an island and country in South Asia
- இலங்கை ilaṅkai, ஈழம் īḻam
Sri Lanka in Marathi
- an island and country in South Asia
- श्रीलंका śrīlaṅkā
Sri Lanka in Urdu
- an island and country in South Asia
- سِری لَن٘کا sirī laṅkā
More languagesFewer languages
- Sri Lanka in Bengali
- শ্রীলঙ্কা sriloṅka
- Sri Lanka in Telugu
- శ్రీలంక śrīlaṅka
- Sri Lanka in Malayalam
- ശ്രീലങ്ക śrīlaṅka
- Sri Lanka in Kannada
- ಶ್ರೀಲಂಕಾ śrīlaṅkā
- Sri Lanka in Punjabi
- ਸ੍ਰੀ ਲੰਕਾ srī laṅkā
- Sri Lanka in Gujarati
- શ્રીલંકા śrīlaṅkā
- Sri Lanka in Sanskrit
- श्रीलङ्का śrīlaṅkā, श्री लङ्का śrī laṅkā, सिंहल siṃhala
- Sri Lanka in Sinhala
- ශ්රී ලංකාව śrī laṁkāwa, ශ්රී ලංකා śrī laṁkā
- Sri Lanka in Assamese
- শ্ৰীলংকা sriloṅka
- Sri Lanka in Pashto
- سريلانکا srilānkā
- Sri Lanka in Tagalog
- Sri Langka, Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka in Arabic
- سِرِيلَانْكَا sirīlānkā, سَرَنْدِيب sarandīb, سَيْلَان saylān
- Sri Lanka in Malay
- Sri Lanka, Seri Langka
- Sri Lanka in Thai
- ศรีลังกา sǐi-lang-gaa
- Sri Lanka in Vietnamese
- Xri Lan-ca, Tích Lan
- Sri Lanka in Myanmar
- သီရိလင်္ကာ siri.langka, သီဟိုဠ် sihuil
- Sindhi
- سري لنڪا sre l̃kā, سريلنڪا srel̃kā
- Dhivehi
- އޮޅުދޫކަރަ oḷudūkara, ސިރީލަންކާ sirīlan̊kā
- Dzongkha
- ཤྲཱྀ་ལངཀ shṝ lngak
Synonyms of Sri Lanka
Origin of Sri Lanka
Borrowed from Sinhalese ශ්රී ලංකා (śrī laṁkā) / ශ්රී ලංකාව (śrī laṁkāwa), from Sanskrit श्री लङ्का (śrī laṅkā, literally “holy Lanka”).
Words formed from Sri Lanka
Questions about Sri Lanka
- What does Sri Lanka mean?
- 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.
- What is Sri Lanka in Hindi?
- Sri Lanka in Hindi is श्रीलंका (śrīlaṅkā), सिंहल (sĩhal), श्रीलङ्का (śrīlaṅkā). See Sri Lanka meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka is pronounced /ʃɹiˈlɑːŋkə/.
Words near Sri Lanka in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Sri Lanka (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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