Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sri lankan

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English

Syllables: sri lankan
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent.

adj

Of, from, or pertaining to Sri Lanka or to the Sri Lankan people.

Example Sentences

"Sri Lankans elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as new president on Sunday, putting faith in his pledge to fight corruption and bolster a fragile economic recovery following the South Asian nation's worst financial crisis in decades."
"Researchers analysed samples of nurdles and burnt lumps of plastic from four Sri Lankan beaches for heavy metals and various chemicals, including benzotriazole UV-stabilisers, which are used to prevent discoloration in plastics, bisphenols and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)."

Etymology

From Sri Lanka + -an.

Inflected Forms

Sri Lankans (plural)

Phrases

Sri Lankan English Sri Lankanness

Synonyms

ceylonese

Questions

What does sri lankan mean?: A person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent.
Where does sri lankan come from?: From Sri Lanka + -an.

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