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CAPITAL OF SRI LANKA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does capital of Sri Lanka mean? 

CAPITAL OF SRI LANKA (noun)
  The noun CAPITAL OF SRI LANKA has 1 sense:

1. 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 Ceylonplay

  Familiarity information: CAPITAL OF SRI LANKA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CAPITAL OF SRI LANKA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Sri Lanka; Colombo

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("capital of Sri Lanka" is a part of...):

Ceylon; Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka (a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948)


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