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SRI LANKAN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Sri Lankan" is a kind of...):

Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

Holonyms ("Sri Lankan" is a member of...):

Ceylon; Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka (a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) or its people or culture

Example:

Sri Lankan forces fighting the Sinhalese rebels

Synonyms:

Ceylonese; Sri Lankan

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Ceylon (an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of India)

Derivation:

Sri Lanka (a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948)

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