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    DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948play

    Synonyms:

    Ceylon; Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)

    Meronyms (parts of "Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka"):

    capital of Sri Lanka; Colombo (the capital and largest city of Sri Lanka; has one of the largest harbors in the world; is located on the western coast of the island of Ceylon)

    Kandy (a city of central Sri Lanka that was the last capital of the ancient kings of Ceylon; a resort and religious center)

    Eelam; Tamil Eelam (the independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for)

    Adam's Peak; Samanala (a mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high))

    Meronyms (members of "Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka"):

    Singhalese; Sinhalese; Sri Lankan (a native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka)

    Domain member region:

    Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam; LTTE; Tamil Tigers; Tigers; World Tamil Association; World Tamil Movement (a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel)

    Hindooism; Hinduism (the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal)

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