Lanka
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- proper noun
- Archaic
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Lanka
- Many ancient texts refer to Lanka as a land of great beauty and mystery, often populated by mythical beings.
- Sri Lanka
- southern Lanka
- country of Lanka
The Buddhists have got Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
- The Buddhists have got Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
- Or now look at what's happening in Sri Lanka after the attack on the churches.
- A million a year from Sri Lanka alone.
- We actually have been to Sri Lanka.
- Three of the largest recipients of China's rescue lending have been Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Argentina.
- There's a place called Sigiria in Sri Lanka.
- It's a tiny town on the North East coast of Sri Lanka.
- And also a lot of these hot areas include India and Sri Lanka.
- You know, when Clark dies, he's buried there in, in Sri Lanka.
- And Yosanta was from Sri Lanka and he's, he was one of the most brilliant people I'd ever met.
Examples
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And you know, tea has moved from China to Japan to Sri Lanka to India to Kenya now as well.
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I could not tell you what happened at night in Sri Lanka, really.
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A million a year from Sri Lanka alone.
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There are more important problems than Sri Lanka to worry about.
Fiction book (2000) -
Because your mother was from Sri Lanka.
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The government of Sri Lanka is going to, for the time being, not going to pay any of its sovereign bonds.
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However, the situation in the up-country of Sri Lanka is not as simple as these short examples from India suggest.
Academic text (2008) -
Edith and I, we're actually thinking of going to Sri Lanka next year for our holidays.
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If you ever go to Sri Lanka, don't miss that place because it's like a it's unexplainable.
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After the 2004 Asian tsunami, one million people were initially displaced in Sri Lanka.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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The old name for Sri Lanka, an island in the Indian Ocean
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lanka comes from the Sanskrit word laṅkā, meaning 'island', and ancient writers used it for the whole island we now call Sri Lanka. So calling the country Lanka is like calling it 'the island'.