LANKA

Meaning of LANKA in English

n. part of the name "Sri Lanka" (island country in the Indian Ocean formerly known as Ceylon)

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LANKA — Lanka
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LANKA — Lanka
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LANKA — Lanka
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LANKA — Lanka
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SRI LANKA — officially Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka formerly Ceylon Island country in the Indian Ocean, off the southeastern coast of …
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STATISTICS: SRI LANKA
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SRI LANKA, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of a yellow field (background) bearing vertical stripes of green and orange at the hoist and, at …
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SRI LANKA — officially Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Sinhalese Sri Lanka Prajathanthrika Samajavadi Janarajaya, formerly Ceylon island country lying in the …
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SRI LANKA — officially Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka formerly Ceylon Island country in the Indian Ocean, off the southeastern coast of …
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JAYEWARDENE, J(UNIUS) R(ICHARD) — born Sept. 7, 1906, Colombo, Ceylon died Nov. 1, 1996, Colombo, Sri Lanka Prime minister (1977–78) and president (1978–89) of …
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SINHALESE — I. |sin(h)ə|lēz, -ēs adjective also sin·gha·lese |siŋgə-, -iŋ(h)ə- ; or sin·ga·lese -iŋ(g)ə- ; or cin·ga·lese |siŋ(g)ə- ; or cin·gha·lese -iŋgə-, …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 2001: OBITUARY
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1997: WORLD-AFFAIRS: SPECIAL REPORT
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1997: SPORTS-AND-GAMES: CRICKET — CRICKET: World Cup Twenty-one years after its introduction to international cricket, Sri Lanka dominated the sixth World Cup to become …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1997: SPORTS-AND-GAMES: BOWLING — BOWLING: U.S. Tenpins. The popularity of "arena" settings for the final rounds of Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) tournaments continued to …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1996: WORLD-AFFAIRS: SPOTLIGHT — Spotlight: Mexico, the Painful Changes Rarely had a country turned from a showcase into a basket case in such a …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1996: SPORTS-AND-GAMES: BOWLING
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TRINCOMALEE — ancient Gokanna town and port, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), on the island's northeastern coast. It is situated on a peninsula in …
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TAMIL — people originally of southern India and speaking Tamil, one of the principal languages of the Dravidian family. Numbering about 57,000,000 …
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SOUTH ASIAN PEOPLE — inhabitants of South Asia. For the purposes of this discussion, South Asia is defined as the subcontinent comprising India and …
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SOUTH ASIAN ARTS — the literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Despite a history of ethnic, linguistic, and …
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ROMAN-DUTCH LAW — a system of law that existed in the Netherlands' province of Holland from the 15th to the 19th century. Introduced …
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PALK STRAIT — inlet of the Bay of Bengal, between southeastern India and northern Sri Lanka and bounded on the south by Pamban …
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KUMARATUNGA, CHANDRIKA BANDARANAIKE — born June 29, 1945, Colombo, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka] member of a prominent Sri Lankan political family who became prime …
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KOTTE — town, southwestern Sri Lanka, southeast of Colombo, of which it is a suburb. An urban council governs Kotte and the …
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JAYEWARDENE, J.R. — born Sept. 17, 1906, Colombo, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka] died Nov. 1, 1996, Colombo, Sri Lanka in full Junius Richard …
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COLOMBO — city, administrative capital of Sri Lanka. (Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is the legislative and judicial capital.) It is situated on the …
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BUDDHISM
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BENGAL, BAY OF — large but relatively shallow embayment of the northeastern Indian Ocean, occupying an area of 839,000 square miles (2,172,000 square km). …
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BANDARANAIKE, SIRIMAVO R.D. — born April 17, 1916, Ratnapura, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka] died October 10, 2000, Colombo, Sri Lanka in full Sirimavo Ratwatte …
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ANURADHAPURA — city, north-central Sri Lanka (Ceylon). It is situated along the Aruvi Aru River. The old section of Anuradhapura, now preserved …
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