sri
noun
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
sri
American
[sree, shree]
/ sri, ʃri /
noun
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a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
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a respectful title of address prefixed to a man's name in India; Mr.
Sri
British
/ ʃriː /
noun
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the consort of Vishnu
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a title of honour used when addressing a distinguished Hindu
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a polite form of address equating to Mr.
Etymology
Origin of Sri
literally: majesty, holiness
Example Sentences
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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 Robert Ferguson
They help him and his American wife, Anna, also an educator, care for Boyagoda’s father, an immigrant from Sri Lanka who has dementia and lives with the family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
In October, England will tour Pakistan for a one-day tri-series against the home side and Sri Lanka.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The U.N. force’s full 5,500 troops, from countries like Chad, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, are expected to arrive toward the end of the year, O’Neill said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
There are fewer than 50,000 Asian elephants in the wild, according to the World Wildlife Fund -- most in India, with others in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 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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