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Sri Lanka rupee

Sri Lanka rupee

4.1
The money used in Sri Lanka divided into 100 cents
  • noun
translation icon : rupia de Sri Lanka
  • The price of the book is 500 Sri Lanka rupees.

Examples

  • She exchanged her dollars for Sri Lanka rupees before traveling to Colombo.

  • The Sri Lanka rupee has experienced fluctuations against the US dollar in recent years.

  • The price of tea is listed in Sri Lanka rupees at the local market.

  • I exchanged my dollars for Sri Lanka rupees at the airport.

  • She exchanged her dollars for Sri Lanka rupees before traveling to Colombo.

  • The Sri Lanka rupee has experienced fluctuations against the US dollar in recent years.

  • The price of tea is listed in Sri Lanka rupees at the local market.

Synonyms

rupee
vsSri Lanka rupee
  • Indian
17 3.1

A unit of money used in countries such as India and Pakistan

is the official currency of one specific country rather than several

Surface Forms

Sri Lanka rupee singular
Sri Lanka rupees plural

Morphology

Sri + Lanka + rupee

The meaning is directly compositional: 'Sri Lanka' identifies the country and 'rupee' names a currency, so 'Sri Lanka rupee' straightforwardly denotes the rupee belonging to Sri Lanka. This country+currency compound follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.

Etymology

Sri Lanka rupee comes from the old word rupee, which one popular story says meant a 'silver' or 'silver coin' because long ago coins were made of silver. So the name came to mean the country's 'money'.