Lankan

Examples

• All

• For the first time in a quarter century, the Sri Lankan government controlled the entire island.

  Academic text (2011)

• Now the only trip I take is to our local Sri Lankan specialty store.

  Cupids on Beacon Street (2021)

• This one is about the Sri Lankan civil war.

• Additional research was carried out under a grant from the American Institute of Sri Lankan Studies in 2004.

  Academic text (2004)

• At least 25 Sri Lankan journalists are known to have fled the country for fear of their lives.

  Academic text (2011)

• Research for this article was funded by a post-doctoral fellowship from the American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies.

  Academic text (2008)

• The large Sri Lankan public sector employed not just clerks but accountants, teachers, engineers, doctors, and lawyers.

  Academic text (2004)

• Most of the Sri Lankan gardeners at the Riverside Community Garden (Figure 9) have previous agricultural experience.

  Academic text (2004)

• In sum, the effects of the Sri Lankan state's liberalization were varied across sectors and society's divides.

  Academic text (1997)

• The vibrant culture of Sri Lanka is reflected in its Sri Lankan festivals.

Synonyms

C

Ceylonese

vsLankan

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Relating to Ceylon, the old name for Sri Lanka before 1972, and its people and culture

refers to the modern nation and its people in general

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology