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Lankan

Lankan

2 3.9
A person from Sri Lanka
  • noun
: ceilanés
  • Among my domestic staff I've had a Barbadian, a Punjabi, Sri Lankan, a Pakistani.
  • Sri Lankan

So I grew up with, you know, I'm Sri Lankan of origin and I grew up with, you know, Indians and Sri Lankans and Chinese, Sikhs and Malay.

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Examples

  • So I grew up with, you know, I'm Sri Lankan of origin and I grew up with, you know, Indians and Sri Lankans and Chinese, Sikhs and Malay.

    Mulligan Brothers Interviews

  • This one guy said to me, "I've been with a Sri Lankan, a Madagascan, a Somali...

    Academic text (2006)

  • In fact, everything else being equal, I will hire a Sri Lankan who may or may not have papers over a recent graduate.

    Blog text (32)

  • The Tamil Tigers are Sri Lankan.

    Blog text (34)

  • You know, they got what, Japanese, Sri Lankan, Some dude said he's Sri Lankan and I'm like mountain climbing, repelling.

    Theo Von

  • Although she valued the political significance of the field, her real joy was in the music of the distinct English, Jamaican, Kenyan, South African, Irish, and Sri Lankan.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Although amygdala comes from the Greek word for almond, to Anil it "sounds Sri Lankan," like the name of "some bad god" (135).

    Academic text (2008)

  • So I grew up with, you know, I'm Sri Lankan of origin and I grew up with, you know, Indians and Sri Lankans and Chinese, Sikhs and Malay.

    Mulligan Brothers Interviews

  • Precisely, the CPM has come out hard in opposition to such political posturing and portrayed concern over the "hostility" towards the viewing Sri Lankan in TN.

    Blog text (12)

  • Janaka Palapathwala is a proud Lankan who has lived in Dubai for many years.

Synonyms

Sri Lankan
vsLankan
2 3.3

A person from Sri Lanka

includes people with origin in that country who may live abroad

Surface Forms

Lankan singular
Lankans plural

Morphology

Lankan = Lanka (transparent) = Lanka + an

A regular demonym formed from the place name 'Lanka' using the productive English suffix '-an', so knowing the place helps infer the meaning.

Etymology

Lankan is formed from Sri Lanka plus the ending -an, which means 'from', so a Lankan is literally someone 'from Sri Lanka', much like an American is someone from America.