'Sri Lanka' definitions:
Definition of 'Sri Lanka'
From: WordNet
noun
A republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948 [syn: Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ceylon]
Definition of 'Sri Lanka'
From: GCIDE
- Ceylon \Ceylon\ n. the former name of an island republic in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of India, now called Sri Lanka. It is an independent nation with an area of 25,332 sq. mi. and a population of about 14 million people.
- Syn: Sri Lanka. [WordNet 1.5]