Etymology

Sri Lanka

Today it 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. Full definition →

Sinhalese ශ්රී ලංකා ← Sanskrit श्री लङ्का
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The story

  1. Sanskrit · derived fromश्री लङ्का
  2. Sinhalese · borrowed fromශ්රී ලංකා
  3. English todaySri Lanka

Borrowed from Sinhalese ශ්රී ලංකා (śrī laṁkā) / ශ්රී ලංකාව (śrī laṁkāwa), from Sanskrit श्री लङ्का (śrī laṅkā, literally “holy Lanka”).

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