Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent.
- adj. Of, from, or pertaining to Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan people or the Sri Lankan language.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or relating to Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) or its people or culture
- n. a native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka
Etymologies
- Sri Lanka + -an (Wiktionary)
Examples
“So, all of these issues Mr McCarthy will progress with the Sri Lankan Government.”
“In March 1979 Abeywickrama found STC in considerable difficulty, with questionable long-term prospects and considerable uncertainty regarding its role in the Sri Lankan economy.”
Simon & Schuster: Strategic Management in Developing Countries Case Studies
“The FINCO Group is an amalgamation of about 15 Sri Lankan corporations engaged in merchant banking, trading and distribution, manufacturing and processing industries, tourism and transport, consultancy and management services, shipping agency work, plantation and livestock farms, and real estate and construction.”
Simon & Schuster: Strategic Management in Developing Countries Case Studies
“PIROMYA: Can I interject a bit on the - we are a small donor country, so we will also contribute to the Sri Lankan situation.”
“The first sign that Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga is neither able nor willing to seize the opportunity for peace comes when a visiting Kofi Annan is not allowed to tour the Tamil Tiger–held areas of northern Sri Lanka, where the tsunami devastation is as bad as on the government-controlled eastern and southern shores.”
“QUESTION: Will you asking Mr McCarthy to explore with the Sri Lankan Government the possibility of taking the boat people back there?”
“Which was that the Oceanic Viking would proceed to Indonesia, the Sri Lankan asylum seekers would be disembarked from the Oceanic Viking and processed in Indonesia with UNHCR processes.”
“But of course the difficulties in the aftermath of the civil conflict, the challenges that that throws up for Sri Lanka, including questions of boat people and asylum seekers, will be one of the things which Mr McCarthy discusses with the Sri Lankan Government.”
“This was the subject of a World Bank Forestry Sector proposal that was favorably received by the Sri Lankan government in 1979.”
Simon & Schuster: Strategic Management in Developing Countries Case Studies
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