# Sri Lanka

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ʃɹiˈlɑːŋkə/

## Definitions
1. An island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India. Official name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Capital: Colombo.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Sinhalese ශ්රී ලංකා (śrī laṁkā) / ශ්රී ලංකාව (śrī laṁkāwa), from Sanskrit श्री लङ्का (śrī laṅkā, literally “holy Lanka”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sri-lanka