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Where does “斯里蘭卡” come from?

斯里蘭卡 (Chinese) comes from English Sri Lanka, from Sinhalese ශ්‍රී ලංකා, from Sanskrit श्री लङ्का.

Ancestry of “斯里蘭卡”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSri Lanka—
2Sinhaleseශ්‍රී ලංකා—
3Sanskritश्री लङ्का—
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