Sri Lanka

n. Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, island in the Indian Ocean south of India (formerly known as Ceylon)

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhalese: , ; known as Ceylon before 1972) is an island nation in South Asia, located about 31 kilometers (18½ mi) off the southern coast of India. Popularly referred to as the Pearl of the Indian Ocean, it is home to around twenty million people.
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Noun
1. a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948
(synonym) Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ceylon
(hypernym) country, state, land
(member-meronym) Sinhalese, Singhalese
(part-meronym) Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka
(class) Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, LTTE, Tamil Tigers, Tigers, World Tamil Association, World Tamil Movement

n. Sri Lanka, island country in the Indian Ocean

n. Sri Lanka