Meanings
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.
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.
2022 February 9, Karen McVeigh, “‘Oil spills of our time’: experts sound alarm about plastic lost in cargo ship disasters ”, in The Guardian, Guardian Media Group, retrieved 11 Feb 2022, Seascape: the state of our oceans
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankaan island and country in South Asia
Ancient Greek Ταπροβάνη
- Ταπροβάνη (Taprobánē)an island and country in South Asia
Arabic سِرِيلَانْكَا, سَرَنْدِيب
- سِرِيلَانْكَا (sirīlānkā)an island and country in South Asia
- سَرَنْدِيب (sarandīb)an island and country in South Asia
- سَيْلَان (saylān)an island and country in South Asia
Bengali শ্রীলঙ্কা
- শ্রীলঙ্কা (sriloṅka)an island and country in South Asia
Bulgarian Шри Ла́нка
- Шри Ла́нка (Šri Lánka)an island and country in South Asia
Catalan Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankaan island and country in South Asia
Chinese Cantonese 斯里蘭卡
- 斯里蘭卡 (si¹ lei⁵ laan⁴ kaa¹)an island and country in South Asia
Chinese Mandarin 斯里蘭卡
- 斯里蘭卡 (Sīlǐlánkǎ)an island and country in South Asia
Czech Srí Lanka
- Srí Lankaan island and country in South Asia
Danish Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankaan island and country in South Asia
Dutch Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankaan island and country in South Asia
Esperanto Lanko, Sri-Lanko
- Lankoan island and country in South Asia
- Sri-Lankoan island and country in South Asia
- Srilankoan island and country in South Asia
Estonian Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankaan island and country in South Asia
Finnish Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankaan island and country in South Asia
French Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankaan island and country in South Asia
German Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankaan island and country in South Asia
Greek Σρι Λάνκα
- Σρι Λάνκα (Sri Lánka)an island and country in South Asia
Hebrew סְרִי לַנְקָה
- סְרִי לַנְקָה (sri lanka)an island and country in South Asia
Hindi श्रीलंका, सिंहल
- श्रीलंका (śrīlaṅkā)an island and country in South Asia
- सिंहल (sĩhal)an island and country in South Asia
- श्रीलङ्का (śrīlaṅkā)an island and country in South Asia
- सिंघल (siṅghal)an island and country in South Asia
Hungarian Srí Lanka
- Srí Lankaan island and country in South Asia
Icelandic Sri Lanka, Srí Lanka
- Sri Lankaan island and country in South Asia
- Srí Lankaan island and country in South Asia
Irish Srí Lanca
- Srí Lancaan island and country in South Asia
Italian Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankaan island and country in South Asia
Japanese スリランカ
- スリランカ (Suriranka)an island and country in South Asia
Korean 스리랑카
- 스리랑카 (Seurirangka)an island and country in South Asia
Latin Tāprobanē, Srilanca
- Tāprobanēan island and country in South Asia
- Srilancaan island and country in South Asia
Latvian Šrilanka
- Šrilankaan island and country in South Asia
Lithuanian Šri Lanka
- Šri Lankaan island and country in South Asia
Malay Sri Lanka, Seri Langka
- Sri Lankaan island and country in South Asia
- Seri Langkaan island and country in South Asia
Māori Hīraka
- Hīrakaan island and country in South Asia
Norwegian Bokmål Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankaan island and country in South Asia
Polish Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankaan island and country in South Asia
Portuguese Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankaan island and country in South Asia
Punjabi ਸ੍ਰੀ ਲੰਕਾ
- ਸ੍ਰੀ ਲੰਕਾ (srī laṅkā)an island and country in South Asia
Romanian Sri Lanca
- Sri Lancaan island and country in South Asia
Russian Шри-Ла́нка, Шри-Ланка́
- Шри-Ла́нка (Šri-Lánka)an island and country in South Asia
- Шри-Ланка́ (Šri-Lanká)an island and country in South Asia
Slovak Srí Lanka
- Srí Lankaan island and country in South Asia
Spanish Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankaan island and country in South Asia
Swahili Sirilanka
- Sirilankaan island and country in South Asia
Swedish Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankaan island and country in South Asia
Tagalog Sri Langka, Sri Lanka
- Sri Langkaan island and country in South Asia
- Sri Lankaan island and country in South Asia
Tamil இலங்கை, ஈழம்
- இலங்கை (ilaṅkai)an island and country in South Asia
- ஈழம் (īḻam)an island and country in South Asia
Thai ศรีลังกา
- ศรีลังกา (sǐi-lang-gaa)an island and country in South Asia
Turkish Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankaan island and country in South Asia
Ukrainian Шрі-Ланка́
- Шрі-Ланка́ (Šri-Lanká)an island and country in South Asia
Urdu سِری لَن٘کا
- سِری لَن٘کا (sirī laṅkā)an island and country in South Asia
Vietnamese Xri Lan-ca, Tích Lan
- Xri Lan-caan island and country in South Asia
- Tích Lanan island and country in South Asia
Yiddish סרי לאַנקאַ
- סרי לאַנקאַ (sri lanka)an island and country in South Asia
Cite this entry
APA
Sri Lanka. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sri%20Lanka
MLA
“Sri Lanka.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sri%20Lanka. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sri Lanka,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sri%20Lanka.
Source: Sri Lanka on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.