SRI LANKA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sri Lanka mean? 

• SRI LANKA (noun)
  The noun SRI LANKA has 1 sense:

1. a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948

  Familiarity information: SRI LANKA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SRI LANKA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Ceylon; Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka

Instance hypernyms:

country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)

Meronyms (parts of "Sri Lanka"):

capital of Sri Lanka; Colombo (the capital and largest city of Sri Lanka; has one of the largest harbors in the world; is located on the western coast of the island of Ceylon)

Kandy (a city of central Sri Lanka that was the last capital of the ancient kings of Ceylon; a resort and religious center)

Eelam; Tamil Eelam (the independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for)

Adam's Peak; Samanala (a mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high))

Meronyms (members of "Sri Lanka"):

Singhalese; Sinhalese; Sri Lankan (a native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka)

Domain member region:

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam; LTTE; Tamil Tigers; Tigers; World Tamil Association; World Tamil Movement (a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel)

Hindooism; Hinduism (the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal)

Derivation:

Sri Lankan (of or relating to Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) or its people or culture)

 Context examples 

The scientists are from San Diego State University, University of Hawaii and from the Ocean University of Sri Lanka.

(Too much algae and too many microbes threaten coral reefs, NSF)

In an experimental study using different types of wall materials, researchers from Sri Lanka found that smooth surfaces mean less opportunity for water to congregate on wall surfaces.

(Smoother walls healthier for lungs, SciDev.Net)

A group of islands in the Indian Ocean, south of Indonesia, about halfway from Australia to Sri Lanka.

(Cocos (Keeling) Islands, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

According to the WMP, there are trials ongoing in Colombia, India, Sri Lanka and the Western Pacific island nations, driven by a large body of evidence indicating that establishing Wolbachia in local mosquito populations could safely reduce dengue infections.

(Bacteria-infected mosquitoes slash dengue cases, SciDev.Net)