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  1. Names of Sri Lanka

    Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in the northern Indian Ocean which has been known under various names over time. At the outset of the 6th Century BC, Sri Lanka was known as Silam, from the Pali Sihalam. It became Saylan mentioned from the 9th century. It was transcribed as Ceilão by the Portuguese in 1505, later in English as Ceylon. Ceylon was used until it was replaced by Sri Lanka in 1972; the honorific Sri has been added to Lanka, a place mentioned in ancient texts and assumed to refer the country between the 10th and the 12th centuries CE. Other ancient names used to refer to Sri Lanka included Serendip in Persian, Turkic and Eelam in Tamil. In the 19th century, it was said that the oldest recorded name of Sri Lanka was Tamraparni. Wikipedia

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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා, romanized: Śrī Lankā; Tamil: சிறி லங்கா / இலங்கை, romanized: Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in the northern Indian Ocean which has been known under various names over time.. At the outset of the 6th century BC, Sri Lanka was known as Silam, [1] [2 ...
  3. internetstones.com

    Another ancient name for Sri Lanka was "Lankadeepa". This is the name by which Sri Lanka was known at the time of Gautama Buddha, the founder of the Buddhist religion 2,500 years ago. Diwa or Deepa means island. Thus "Lakdiva also means "Island of Lanka". Bima in Sinhala means Land. Thus "Lakbima" means "The land of Lanka".
  4. theculturetrip.com

    Keep reading to find out how Sri Lanka got its name, and what some of its previous names have been. Lanka . The first name ever given to the island was Lanka, a word that simply means "island". This is the name used for the island in the ancient story of the Ramayana, in which King Ravana steals the princess Sita and takes her to Lanka.
  5. momjunction.com

    Nov 12, 2024Names in Sri Lanka can be masculine, feminine, or unisex. You will find that most Sinhala surnames have a Sanskrit origin. However, many Portuguese surnames entered the culture because of the Portuguese invasion of Sri Lanka in the 16th and 17th centuries.
  6. en.wikipedia.org

    In antiquity, Sri Lanka was known to travellers by a variety of names. According to the Mahāvaṃsa, the legendary Prince Vijaya named the island Tambapaṇṇĩ ("copper-red hands" or "copper-red earth"), because his followers' hands were reddened by the red soil of the area where he landed. [20] [21] In Hindu mythology, the term Lankā ("Island") appears but it is unknown whether it refers ...
  7. wikiwand.com

    Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා, romanized: Śrī Lankā; Tamil: சிறி லங்கா / இலங்கை, romanized: Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in the northern Indian Ocean which has been known under various names over time.
  8. lanka-excursions-holidays.com

    "Sri Lanka" means "resplendend Lanka" or "shining Lanka" or "holy Lanka". Sri Lanka has been known by many other names in various parts of the world. Most of them are derivations of only three etymologies. Each of the three root names were in use in Sri Lanka herself. They are: "Lanka", "Sinhala", and "Tambapanni".
  9. factsanddetails.com

    The country adopted the name Sri Lanka in 1972. *\ Their shared language and religion unite all ethnic Sinhalese, but there is a clear difference between the "Kandyan" and the "low-country" Sinhalese. Because the Kingdom of Kandy in the highlands remained independent until 1818, conservative cultural and social forms remained in force there. ...
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