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Where does “Swii Lankʼa” come from?

Swii Lankʼa (Navajo) comes from English Sri Lanka, from Sinhalese ශ්‍රී ලංකා, from Sanskrit श्री लङ्का.

Ancestry of “Swii Lankʼa”, step by step

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