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Sri Lankan

NOUN
  1. a native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka
ADJECTIVE
  1. 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.
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