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sri jayawardenepura kotte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sri -jayawar-denepu-ra kotte
IPA
43
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
4
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The administrative capital of Sri Lanka, located next to the executive and judicial capital of Colombo.

Etymology

Borrowed from Sinhalese ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ (śrī jayawardhanapura kōṭṭē). "Jayawardenepura" (ජයවර්ධනපුර (jayawardhanapura)) was the name of Kotte when it was conquered by Prince Sapumal in the 13th century, meaning "the resplendent city of growing victory", from Sanskrit जय (jaya, “victory”) + Sanskrit वर्धन (vardhana, “growth”) + Sanskrit पुर (pura, “city”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: जय, वर्धन, पुर

Synonyms

Kotte

Questions

What does sri jayawardenepura kotte mean?
The administrative capital of Sri Lanka, located next to the executive and judicial capital of Colombo.
Where does sri jayawardenepura kotte come from?
It is traced to Sanskrit.

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