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English
Etymology
Sri Lanka + -an
Noun
Sri Lankan (plural Sri Lankans)
- A person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent.
Translations
a person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent
- Catalan: singalès (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 斯里蘭卡人 (sīlǐlánkǎrén)
- Czech: Srílančan (cs) m
- Dutch: Sri Lankaan (nl) m, Sri Lankaanse (nl) f
- Esperanto: srilankano (man or woman), srilankanino (woman)
- Finnish: srilankalainen (fi)
- French: Sri-Lankais (fr) m, Sri-Lankaise (fr) f
- Galician: srilankés m
- German: Sri-Lanker (de) m, Sri-Lankerin (de) f
- Greek: Σριλανκέζος (el) m (Srilankézos), Σριλανκέζα (el) f (Srilankéza)
- Japanese: スリランカ人 (surirankajin)
- Korean: 스리랑카인 (seurirangkain)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: srilanker m
- Nynorsk: srilankar (nn) m
- Polish: Lankijczyk (pl) m, Lankijka (pl) f
- Portuguese: cingalês (pt) m, srilanquês (pt) m
- Romanian: srilankez m, srilankeză f
- Russian: шриланки́ец m (šrilankíjec), шриланки́йка f (šrilankíjka), ланки́ец (ru) m (lankíjec), ланки́йка (ru) f (lankíjka)
- Spanish: esrilanqués m
- Swedish: lankes (sv) c, srilankes c
- Turkish: Sri Lankalı (tr)
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Adjective
Sri Lankan (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Sri Lanka or to the Sri Lankan people
Derived terms
Translations
of, from, or pertaining to Sri Lanka or to the Sri Lankan people
Finnish
Proper noun
Sri Lankan
- genitive singular of Sri Lanka
Maltese
Pronunciation
Adjective
Sri Lankan (feminine singular Sri Lankana, plural Sri Lankani)
- Sri Lankan (of, from or relating to Sri Lanka)
Noun
Sri Lankan m (plural Sri Lankani, feminine Sri Lankana)
- Sri Lankan (native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka) (male or of unspecified gender)