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Pages in category "Sinhalese masculine given names" The following 105 pages are in this category, out of 105 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
A Sinhalese name or Sinhala name may contain two or three parts: a patronymic, one or more given names, and sometimes a surname, which was often absent in the past. [1] Full names can be rather long, and hence are often shortened, by omitting or abbreviating the family name and one of the given names, as in R. M. S. Ariyaratna.
Pages in category "Sinhalese given names" The following 135 pages are in this category, out of 135 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abhaya; Akila;
Cava Images/Getty Images. 13. Nikini. In Sinhala, the main language spoken in Sri Lanka, Nikini is a girl’s name that means “full moon in August.” (The month she’s destined to shine the ...
Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා, romanized: Śrī Lankā; Tamil: சிறி லங்கா / இலங்கை, romanized: Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in the northern Indian Ocean which has been known under various names over time.
Sinhalese given names (3 C, 135 P) Surnames of Sinhalese origin (170 P) Pages in category "Sinhalese names" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
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The Sinhalese, who likely migrated from India, are first people known to inhabit Sri Lanka. [3] It is commonly believed that they arrived in the 5th century BC. [3] Near 300 BC, there is evidence that Tamil people began to migrate from India to the island now known as Sri Lanka. [3]