a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
a respectful title of address prefixed to a man's name in India; Mr.
the consort of Vishnu
a title of honour used when addressing a distinguished Hindu
a polite form of address equating to Mr.
literally: majesty, holiness
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Also, from the root of the Sansc. sri, to flow, I take to be Gael. sruam, and again taking the phonetic t, the word stream, strom, common to all the Teutonic dialects.
From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert
Sri Lankan prisons held 41,250 inmates as of Sunday, which is four times their capacity, according to AFP.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Wild elephants are often seen near roads close to forest areas in Sri Lanka, where they sometimes attack passing vehicles.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
None of the sovereign defaults over the past decade—among them Argentina, Ecuador, Ghana, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, and Venezuela—would have been averted by a debt pause.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Mr. Ryrie’s chief subject is the encounter between Protestants and non-European peoples in places as vastly different as Barbados, Brazil, the Cape of Good Hope and Sri Lanka.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
On this map, however, India was called Malabar, and the island, which I knew to be Sri Lanka, was overlaid with slinky script that read Land of Serendip.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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