NOUN
- a native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka
ADJECTIVE
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of or relating to Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) or its people or culture
Sri Lankan forces fighting the Sinhalese rebels
Sri Lankan beaches
How To Use Sri Lankan In A Sentence
- Besides the majority Sinhala Buddhists, the nation also includes Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamils of recent Indian origin, Muslims, and Burghers, descendants of intermarriages between Sri Lankans and Europeans.
- They have often attacked ships in Sri Lankan waters.
- The re-ordination conferred there was based on the precedent of the strengthening procedure (Pali: dalhikamma) followed, for instance, when bhikkhus ordained according to the procedures of the Sri Lankan division of Theravada have been re-ordained according to those of the Burmese division of Theravada. A Summary Report of the 2007 International Congress on the Women's Role in the Sangha: Bhikshuni Vinaya and Ordination Lineages ��� Part Two: Day One
- These critics claim he denigrates the ‘real’ moral values of Sri Lankan rural life.
- Sri Lankans share a common ancestry with their Indian brethren.
- The subsequent retirement of Muttiah Muralitharan, and that of Lasith Malinga from Test cricket, marks the end of a glorious era in Sri Lankan cricket. Mahela Jayawardene: 'I still get flashbacks. We're lucky to be alive'
- Tim's Sri Lankan experiences led him to consider how just as a snake sheds its skin, so too can we shed our fear of otherness, and learn to embrace other cultures.
- COLOMBO (Reuters) - President Mahinda Rajapaksa won Sri Lanka's first post-war national election on Wednesday, but his rival alleged vote-rigging from inside an newspaper, featuring a picture of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa at paper stall, in Colombo, January 27, 2010. WN.com - Articles related to Up to 40,000 civilians 'died in Sri Lanka offensive'
- Sri Lankan beaches
- But the Sri Lankans didn't help themselves by using scaredy-cat fields and just hoping summat might turn up.