Sri Lanka

Srí Lanka Šrilanka Šri Lanka Šrí Lanka Şri-Lanka English thumb|right|Flag of Sri Lanka thumb|right|Location of Sri Lanka in Asia Etymology en :bor si:ශ්‍රී ලංකා 1 en si ශ්‍රී ලංකා / si ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, from en sa श्री लङ्का holy Lanka. Pronunciation en /ʃɹiˈlɑːŋkə/ /sɹiˈlɑːŋkə/ /sɹiˈlæŋkə/ 1"Sri Lanka" in several reference workshttp://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/cmudict?stress=-s&in=SRI-LANKA 19 February 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20131101012930/http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/cmudict?stress=-s&in=SRI-LANKA 1 November 2013 The CMU Pronouncing Dictionary en En-us-Sri Lanka.ogg US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Sri Lanka.wav UK "Sri" is originally a Sanskrit honorific (श्री, ISO: Śrī), originally pronounced [ɕriː]; the closest English phoneme to [ɕ] is /ʃ/, resulting in the approximation /ʃɹ/. The pronunciation with /sɹ/ also occurs in English as a spelling pronunciation and/or hyperforeignism. In Sinhalese, [sriː] may occur as an acceptable variant pronunciation, mainly in quick or informal speech, because [ɕ] is an uncommon phoneme in Sinhalese and is replaced with [s] in certain dialects. Both stresses on the first and second syllables of "Lanka" are accepted, but the latter is closer to its native pronunciation. Proper noun 1 en Q854en island/and/country r/South Asia off the coast of India Colombo Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. ‘Oil spills of our time’: experts sound alarm about plastic lost in cargo ship disasters ​ 2022-02-11 2022-02-09 Karen McVeigh https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/09/cargo-ship-disasters-are-oil-spills-of-our-time-because-of-health-risk-from-plastic Seascape: the state of our oceans Sri Lanka has asked the IMO to classify plastic pellets as toxic substances, and Vanuatu is calling for better reporting of containers lost at sea. https://web.archive.org/web/20261017210848/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/09/cargo-ship-disasters-are-oil-spills-of-our-time-because-of-health-risk-from-plastic 17 October 2026 Usage notes Names of + “Sri Lanka” has been the official name since 1972; prior to that it was Ceylon. Sri_Lankan_place_name_etymology#Anthropological_and_political_relevance_of_place_names_in_Sri_Lanka 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. Synonyms en Ceylon no longer used en Serendib archaic en Serendip archaic Derived terms en Singlish Sri Lanka bush warbler Sri Lanka hill myna srilankite Sri Lankan Sri Lanka bay owl Descendants ja 1 スリランカ Suri Ranka Translations Q854 an island and country in South Asia Ceylon Abkhaz: ab Шри-Ланка Afrikaans: af Sri Lanka Albanian: sq Sri Lanka f Amharic: am ሽሪ ላንካ Arabic: ar سِرِيلَانْكَا f, ar سَرَنْدِيب f archaic, ar سَيْلَان f archaic Aramaic: Classical Syriac: syc ܣܝܪܢܕܝܒ sīrandīb Armenian: hy Շրի Լանկա Assamese: as শ্ৰীলংকা Asturian: ast Sri Lanka Azerbaijani: az Şri-Lanka Belarusian: be Шры-Ланка́ f, be Шры-Ла́нка f Bengali: bn শ্রীলঙ্কা Breton: br Sri Lanka Bulgarian: bg Шри Ла́нка Burmese: my သီရိလင်္ကာ, my သီဟိုဠ် Catalan: ca Sri Lanka f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 斯里蘭卡 Mandarin: cmn 斯里蘭卡 Czech: cs Srí Lanka f Danish: da Sri Lanka n Dhivehi: dv އޮޅުދޫކަރަ, dv ސިރީލަންކާ Dutch: nl Sri Lanka n Dzongkha: dz ཤྲཱྀ་ལངཀ Esperanto: eo Lanko, eo Sri-Lanko, eo Srilanko Estonian: et Sri Lanka Faroese: fo Sri Lanka n Finnish: fi Sri Lanka French: fr Sri Lanka Galician: gl Sri Lanka Georgian: ka შრი-ლანკა German: de Sri Lanka Greek: el Σρι Λάνκα f Ancient Greek: grc Ταπροβάνη Gujarati: gu શ્રીલંકા Hausa: ha Siri Lanka Hebrew: he סְרִי לַנְקָה f sri lanka Hindi: hi श्रीलंका m, hi सिंहल m, hi श्रीलङ्का m, hi सिंघल m Hungarian: hu Srí Lanka Icelandic: is Sri Lanka, is Srí Lanka Interlingua: ia Sri Lanka Inuktitut: iu ᔅᕇ ᓛᓐᑲ Irish: ga Srí Lanca m Italian: it Sri Lanka m Japanese: ja スリランカ Suriranka Kalenjin: kln Srilanka Kamba: kam Srilanka Kannada: kn ಶ್ರೀಲಂಕಾ Kazakh: kk Шри-Ланка Khmer: km ស្រីលង្កា Kikuyu: ki Srilanka Korean: ko ^스리랑카 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Srî Lanka Kyrgyz: ky Шри-Ланка Lao: lo ສີລັງກາ Latin: la Tāprobanē f island, the ancient name, la Srilanca f New Latin Latvian: lv Šrilanka f Lithuanian: lt Šri Lanka f Lü: khb ᦟᧂᦂᦱ Luhya: luy Srilanka Luo: luo Srilanka Macedonian: mk Шри Ланка f Malay: ms Sri Lanka, ms Seri Langka rare Malayalam: ml ശ്രീലങ്ക Maltese: mt Sri Lanka Māori: mi Hīraka Marathi: mr श्रीलंका Meru: mer Srilanka, mer Srilanka Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Шри-Ланка Navajo: nv Swii Lankʼa Norman: nrf Sri Lanka Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Sri Lanka n Nynorsk: nn Sri Lanka n Old English: ang Deprobane f Pashto: ps سريلانکا f srilānkā Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira سِری‌لانْکا, fa-ira سَرَنْدیپ archaic Polish: pl Sri Lanka f Portuguese: pt Sri Lanka Prakrit: Ashokan Prakrit: inc-ash 𑀢𑀁𑀩𑀧𑀁𑀦𑀺 f Punjabi: pa ਸ੍ਰੀ ਲੰਕਾ Romanian: ro Sri Lanca Russian: ru Шри-Ла́нка f, ru Шри-Ланка́ f Sanskrit: sa श्रीलङ्का, sa श्री लङ्का, sa सिंहल m n siṃhala Santali: sat ᱥᱨᱤᱞᱚᱝᱠᱟ Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Шри̑ Ла̑нка f Latin: sh Šrȋ Lȃnka f Shan: shn သီႇရီႉလင်ႇၵႃႇ, shn သီႇႁူဝ်ႇ, shn ႀီႇႁူဝ်ႇ Sindhi: sd سري لنڪا, sd سريلنڪا Sinhalese: si ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, si ශ්‍රී ලංකා Slovak: sk Srí Lanka f Slovene: sl Šrilanka f Spanish: es Sri Lanka Swahili: sw Sirilanka Swedish: sv Sri Lanka n Tagalog: tl Sri Langka, tl Sri Lanka Tajik: tg Шри-Ланка Tamil: ta இலங்கை, ta ஈழம் archaic, political Tatar: tt Шри-Ланка Telugu: te శ్రీలంక Thai: th ศรีลังกา Tibetan: bo སེང་ག་གླིང Turkish: tr Sri Lanka Turkmen: tk Şri-Lanka Ukrainian: uk Шрі-Ланка́ f Urdu: ur سِری لَن٘کا m sirī laṅkā Uyghur: ug سرىلانكا Uzbek: uz Shri-Lanka Vietnamese: vi Xri Lan-ca, vi Tích Lan dated Yiddish: yi סרי לאַנקאַ Yoruba: yo Siri Láńkà Zhuang: za Swhlijlanzgaj See also Appendix:Countries and territories of the world References Anagrams en aaiklnrs alkarsin Asturian ast: Proper noun f Sri Lanka ast Sri Lanka Q854 Basque eu: Pronunciation Esri Lanka<hyph:+> Proper noun Sri Lanka in eu Sri Lanka Q854 Declension in.pr Derived terms eu srilankar<t:Sri Lankan> Further reading 38 Catalan ca: Pronunciation ca LL-Q7026 (cat)-Millars-Sri Lanka.wav Valencia Proper noun f Sri Lanka ca Sri Lanka Q854 See also ca Ceilan Central Huasteca Nahuatl Proper noun nch proper noun Sri Lanka nch Sri Lanka Q854 Central Nahuatl Proper noun nhn proper noun Sri Lanka nhn Sri Lanka Q854 Cornish kw: Etymology kw en Sri Lanka, from kw si ශ්‍රී ලංකා. Pronunciation kw /ʃri ˈlanka/ Proper noun kw propn Sri Lanka kw Sri Lanka Q854 Coordinate terms Related terms kw sri lankek<t:Sri Lankan><pos:a> Danish da: Etymology From da si ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, from da sa श्री लङ्का. Proper noun da proper noun Sri Lanka da Sri Lanka Q854 Related terms da srilankaner da srilankisk Dutch nl: Pronunciation nl /sri ˈlɑŋ.kaː/ nl Nl-Sri Lanka.ogg Proper noun n 1 nl Sri Lanka Q854 Derived terms nl Sri Lankaan Faroese Etymology From fo si Sinh ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, from fo sa श्री holy and sa लंका island. Pronunciation fo /sɹiː laʰŋ̊ka/ Proper noun fo proper noun n Sri Lanka fo Sri Lanka Q854 Finnish fi: Etymology From fi si ශ්‍රී ලංකා. Pronunciation sri lanka sri-lanka Proper noun Sri Lanka fi Sri Lanka Q854 fi Sri Lankan demokraattinen sosialistinen tasavalta Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Declension sg Sri Lank a Derived terms fi srilankalainen fi compounds srilankanhäntähiiri srilankanmusanki srilankanpäästäinen French fr: Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Sri Lanka.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>) Proper noun m 1 fr Sri Lanka Q854 Derived terms fr Srilankais fr srilankais See also Galician gl: Proper noun f Sri Lanka gl Sri Lanka Q854 German de: Pronunciation de De-Sri Lanka.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun toponym 1 de Sri Lanka Q854 Declension toponym Derived terms de Srilanker, de Sri-Lanker, de Sri Lanker de srilankisch, de sri-lankisch Indonesian id: Etymology From id sa श्री लङ्का holy island. Pronunciation id [ˌsri ˈlaŋka] Proper noun id proper noun Sri Lanka id Sri Lanka Q854 See also Further reading Italian it: Proper noun m 1 it Sri Lanka Q854 See also it Ceylon it cingalese Malay ms: Etymology From ms sa श्री लङ्का holy island. Pronunciation ms [ˈsri ˈlaŋka] Proper noun Sri Lanka سري لڠکا ms Sri Lanka Q854 ms Seri Langka Norwegian Bokmål no: Proper noun nb proper noun Sri Lanka nb Sri Lanka Q854 Related terms nb srilanker nb srilankisk Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Proper noun nn proper noun Sri Lanka nn Sri Lanka Q854 Related terms nn srilankar nn srilankisk Polish pl: Pronunciation Pl-Sri Lanka.ogg Proper noun pl proper noun f Sri Lanka pl Sri Lanka Q854 Declension <f.sg> Derived terms pl adjective lankijski pl nouns Lankijczyk Lankijka Further reading Portuguese pt: Alternative forms pt Sri Lanca Seri Lanca Pronunciation Si̱rilanka,Ssɾilanka Ssɾi Lanca,Seri Lanca Proper noun m 1 pt Sri Lanka Q854 República Democrática Socialista do Sri Lanka pt Ceilão<q:former name> Taprobana<q:archaic, poetic> Coordinate terms Derived terms pt srilanquês Romanian ro: Pronunciation ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Sri Lanka.wav Proper noun n Sri Lanka ro Sri Lanka Q854 Spanish es: Etymology es :bor en:Sri Lanka 1 Likely borrowed from es en Sri Lanka. Ultimately from es si ශ්‍රී ලංකා / si ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, from es sa श्री लङ्का holy Lanka Pronunciation Esrí Lánka<q:most common><ref:es Nueva gramática de la lengua española: fonética y fonología Francisco Javier Pérez;José Manuel Blecua 8: La sílaba 8.6: Inicio silábico 369 2025 Real Academia Española; Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española Barcelona, Spain 978-84-670-7883-1 Aunque se emplee la ortografía original, como ocurre en algunos latinismos (stabat, statu quo), en topónimos (Sri Lanka, Skopie), en extranjerismos no asimilados gráficamente (slip, sprint) o en algunos nombres propios (Snoopy, Sputnik), siempre se pronuncia la secuencia de las dos consonantes iniciales añadiendo una vocal /e/ protética: stabat [es.ˈta.β̞at], Sri Lanka [ez.ri.ˈlaŋ.ka], slip [ez.ˈlip], etc. Se trata, pues, de una regla de adaptación de préstamos que se aplica de forma regular, si bien a veces se desarrollan otras opciones, como Sri Lanka [si.ɾi.ˈlaŋ.ka], [sɾi.ˈlaŋ.ka].<<name:RAE-pron>>> Síri Lánka<q:uncommon><ref:<<name:RAE-pron>>> raw:[ˌsɾi ˈlãŋka]<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-Millars-Sri Lanka.wav><q:uncommon><ref:<<name:RAE-pron>>> Proper noun f 1 es Sri Lanka Q854 Colombo Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte Derived terms es esrilanqués References Further reading Swahili sw: Proper noun sw proper noun Sri Lanka sw Sri Lanka Q854 sw Sirilanka Swedish sv: Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Sri Lanka.wav Proper noun n Sri Lanka sv Sri Lanka Q854 Derived terms sv lankes lankesisk lankesiska srilankes srilankesisk srilankesiska See also References saol Svensk MeSH Anagrams sv aaiklnrs kilarnas likarnas siklarna Tagalog tl: Etymology tl :der sa:श्री लङ्का<lit:holy island> + 1 Pronunciation Proper noun Sri Lanka + tl Sri Lanka Q854 Turkish tr: Pronunciation tr LL-Q256 (tur)-ToprakM-Sri Lanka.wav Proper noun Sri Lanka tr Sri Lanka Q854 Demokratik Sosyalist Sri Lanka Cumhuriyeti Declension Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka'yı - Sri Lanka'ya - Sri Lanka'da - Sri Lanka'dan - Sri Lanka'nın - See also