Meanings
nounSri Lankan (plural Sri Lankans)
plural Sri Lankans
- A person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent.
Sri Lankans elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as new president on Sunday, putting faith in his pledge to fight corruption and bolster a fragile economic recovery following the South Asian nation's worst financial crisis in decades.
2024 September 22, Uditha Jayasinghe and Sudipto Ganguly, “Sri Lankans elect Marxist-leaning Dissanayake as president to fix economy”, in Reuters
adjectiveSri Lankan (not comparable)
- not comparableOf, from, or pertaining to Sri Lanka or to the Sri Lankan people.
Researchers analysed samples of nurdles and burnt lumps of plastic from four Sri Lankan beaches for heavy metals and various chemicals, including benzotriazole UV-stabilisers, which are used to prevent discoloration in plastics, bisphenols and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
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
adjectiveof or relating to Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) or its people or culture
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Translations
Catalan singalès, singalès
- singalèsa person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
- singalèsof, from, or pertaining to Sri Lanka or to the Sri Lankan people
Chinese Mandarin 斯里蘭卡人
- 斯里蘭卡人 (sīlǐlánkǎrén)a person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
Czech Srílančan, srílanský
- Srílančana person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
- srílanskýof, from, or pertaining to Sri Lanka or to the Sri Lankan people
Dutch Sri Lankaan, Sri Lankaanse
- Sri Lankaana person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
- Sri Lankaansea person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
- Sri Lankaansof, from, or pertaining to Sri Lanka or to the Sri Lankan people
Esperanto srilankano, srilankanino
- srilankanoa person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
- srilankaninoa person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
Finnish srilankalainen, srilankalainen
- srilankalainena person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
- srilankalainenof, from, or pertaining to Sri Lanka or to the Sri Lankan people
French Sri-Lankais, Sri-Lankaise
- Sri-Lankaisa person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
- Sri-Lankaisea person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
- sri-lankaisof, from, or pertaining to Sri Lanka or to the Sri Lankan people
German Sri-Lanker, Sri-Lankerin
- Sri-Lankera person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
- Sri-Lankerina person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
- sri-lankischof, from, or pertaining to Sri Lanka or to the Sri Lankan people
Greek Σριλανκέζος, Σριλανκέζα
- Σριλανκέζος (Srilankézos)a person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
- Σριλανκέζα (Srilankéza)a person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
Hindi श्रीलंकाई, श्रीलंकाई
- श्रीलंकाई (śrīlaṅkāī)a person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
- श्रीलंकाई (śrīlaṅkāī)of, from, or pertaining to Sri Lanka or to the Sri Lankan people
Icelandic srílanskur
- srílanskurof, from, or pertaining to Sri Lanka or to the Sri Lankan people
Indonesian Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankaof, from, or pertaining to Sri Lanka or to the Sri Lankan people
Japanese スリランカ人
- スリランカ人 (surirankajin)a person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
Korean 스리랑카인, 스리랑카 사람
- 스리랑카인 (seurirangkain)a person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
- 스리랑카 사람 (seurirangka saram)a person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
Norwegian Bokmål srilanker, srilankisk
- srilankera person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
- srilankiskof, from, or pertaining to Sri Lanka or to the Sri Lankan people
Polish Lankijczyk, Lankijka
- Lankijczyka person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
- Lankijkaa person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
- lankijskiof, from, or pertaining to Sri Lanka or to the Sri Lankan people
Portuguese sri-lankês, srilanquês
- sri-lankêsa person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
- srilanquêsof, from, or pertaining to Sri Lanka or to the Sri Lankan people
Romanian srilankez, srilankeză
- srilankeza person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
- srilankezăa person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
- srilankezof, from, or pertaining to Sri Lanka or to the Sri Lankan people
Russian шриланки́ец, шриланки́йка
- шриланки́ец (šrilankíjec)a person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
- шриланки́йка (šrilankíjka)a person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
- ланки́ец (lankíjec)a person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
- ланки́йка (lankíjka)a person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
- шриланки́йский (šrilankíjskij)of, from, or pertaining to Sri Lanka or to the Sri Lankan people
- шри-ланки́йский (šri-lankíjskij)of, from, or pertaining to Sri Lanka or to the Sri Lankan people
- ланки́йский (lankíjskij)of, from, or pertaining to Sri Lanka or to the Sri Lankan people
Spanish esrilanqués, esrilanqués
- esrilanquésa person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
- esrilanquésof, from, or pertaining to Sri Lanka or to the Sri Lankan people
Swedish lankes, srilankes
- lankesa person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
- srilankesa person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
- srilankesiskof, from, or pertaining to Sri Lanka or to the Sri Lankan people
- lankesiskof, from, or pertaining to Sri Lanka or to the Sri Lankan people
Turkish Sri Lankalı
- Sri Lankalıa person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
Cite this entry
APA
Sri Lankan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sri%20Lankan
MLA
“Sri Lankan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sri%20Lankan. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sri Lankan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sri%20Lankan.
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