English > Sri Lanka: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | A republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948. |
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| Synonyms | Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ceylon |
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| Instance of | country, state, land | The territory occupied by a nation |
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| Members | Sinhalese, Singhalese | A native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka |
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| Sri Lankan | A native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka |
| Parts | Adam's Peak, Samanala | A mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high) |
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| Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka | The capital and largest city of Sri Lanka |
| Eelam, Tamil Eelam | The independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for |
| Kandy | A city of central Sri Lanka that was the last capital of the ancient kings of Ceylon |
| Region of | Hinduism, Hindooism | The religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal |
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| Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, LTTE, Tamil Tigers, Tigers, World Tamil Association, World Tamil Movement | A terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students |
| Spanish | Ceilán, Ceylon, República Democrática Socialista de Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, Sri |
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| Catalan | Ceilan, Sri Lanka, Sri |
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| Adjectives | Sri Lankan | of or relating to Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) or its people or culture |
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