Sri Lankan
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Sri Lankan
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From Sri Lanka + -an.
noun 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.
adjective
- Of, 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).
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noun a person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
| Español | esrilanqués |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 스리랑카인 seurirangkain, 스리랑카 사람 seurirangka saram |
| 日本語 | スリランカ人 surirankajin |
| 中文 | 斯里蘭卡人 sīlǐlánkǎrén |
| हिन्दी | श्रीलंकाई śrīlaṅkāī |
| Português | sri-lankês |
| Français | Sri-Lankais, Sri-Lankaise |
| Deutsch | Sri-Lanker, Sri-Lankerin |
| Ελληνικά | Σριλανκέζος Srilankézos, Σριλανκέζα Srilankéza |
| Română | srilankez, srilankeză |
| Русский | шриланки́ец šrilankíjec, шриланки́йка šrilankíjka, ланки́ец lankíjec, ланки́йка lankíjka |
adj of, from, or pertaining to Sri Lanka or to the Sri Lankan people
| Español | esrilanqués |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | श्रीलंकाई śrīlaṅkāī |
| Português | srilanquês |
| Français | sri-lankais |
| Deutsch | sri-lankisch |
| Română | srilankez |
| Русский | шриланки́йский šrilankíjskij, шри-ланки́йский šri-lankíjskij, ланки́йский lankíjskij |
Talk about this word "Sri Lankan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sri%20lankan. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Sri Lankan. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sri%20lankan "Sri Lankan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sri%20lankan.
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@misc{sri_lankan_2026,
title = {Sri Lankan},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sri%20lankan},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
