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Sri Lankan Americans (Sinhala: Sri Lankika Amerikanu, Tamil: Ilangkaī Amerikan) are Americans of full or partial Sri Lankan ancestry. Sri Lankan Americans are persons of Sri Lankan origin from various Sri Lankan ethnic backgrounds. The people are classified as South Asian in origin.
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SriLankanAmericans (Sinhala: Sri Lankika Amerikanu, Tamil: Ilangkaī Amerikan) are Americans of full or partial SriLankan ancestry. SriLankan Americans...
The SriLankan Tamil diaspora refers to the global diaspora of SriLankan Tamil origin. It can be said to be a subset of the larger SriLankan and Tamil...
The SriLankan Civil War (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකාවේ සිවිල් යුද්ධය, romanized: śrī laṁkāvē sivil yuddhaya; Tamil: இலங்கை உள்நாட்டுப் போர், romanized: Ilaṅkai...
The SriLankan diaspora are SriLankan emigrants and expatriates from SriLanka that reside in a foreign country. An estimate in 2013 by the United Nations...
"She was concerned that as one of the first SriLankan-Americans writing in English, her depiction of SriLankan culture might be taken as overly authentic...
square miles by elevation category in SriLanka, 1959–2000: The most important foreign markets for SriLankan tea are the former Soviet bloc countries...
SriLankan Canadians refers to people from SriLanka who have arrived and settled in Canada. Among these immigrants include members from the Tamil,Moor...
SriLankan Malay (also known as SriLankan Creole Malay, Bahasa Melayu, Ja basawa and Java mozhi) is a creole language spoken in SriLanka, formed as a...
The SriLankan leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya) is a leopard subspecies native to SriLanka. It was first described in 1956 by SriLankan zoologist Paules...
is one of SriLanka's oldest religions, with temples dating back over 2,000 years. As of 2011[update], Hindus made up 12.6% of the SriLankan population...
will push back the SriLankan lower boundary to match that of South India. During the protohistoric period (1000-500 BCE) SriLanka was culturally united...
population, followed by the SriLankan Tamils, who are the largest minority group and are concentrated in northern SriLanka; both groups have played an...
in SriLanka with the patronage of King Dathusena during the 5th century. There are mentions of involvement of Persian Christians with the SriLankan royal...
DSs. Under the Indo-SriLankan Accord of July 1987—and the resulting 13th amendment to the constitution—the Government of SriLanka agreed to devolve some...
urban population of SriLanka and are mostly concentrated in major cities and large towns in SriLanka, like Colombo. Most SriLankan Muslims primarily...
crimes during the final stages of the SriLankan Civil War are war crimes and crimes against humanity which the SriLanka Armed Forces and the Liberation Tigers...
SriLankan Airlines (formerly known as Air Lanka) is the flag carrier of SriLanka and a member airline of the Oneworld airline alliance. It is currently(as...
Caucus on SriLanka and SriLankanAmericans is an informal legislative group that specializes on policy related to SriLanka and SriLankanAmericans. The...
suspects". The Daily Mirror (SriLanka). "Muthuhettigama flies to Singapore". The Daily Mirror (SriLanka). 26 December 2014. "SriLankan Deputy Minister defies...
Colombo Chetties, are an ethnicity in the island of SriLanka. Before 2001, they were known as the SriLankan Tamil ( ශ්රී ලංකා දෙමළ) caste, but then after...
government raids. According to SriLankan government officials, all eight suicide bombers involved in the attacks were SriLankan citizens associated with National...
Asian countries. SriLanka's poverty headcount index was 4.1% by 2016. Since the end of the three-decade-long SriLankan Civil War, SriLanka has begun focusing...
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