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Suri is the Persian noun (سوری) for red rose and the adjective for red. In Persian, Suri is commonly used in reference to a celebration or a joyful gathering like a festivity. For example, the Persian holiday Chaharshanbe Suri literally translates to Red Wednesday. Chaharshanbe translates to the day "Wednesday", and Suri translates to the ...
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Ceylon was used until it was replaced by Sri Lanka in 1972; the honorific Sri has been added to Lanka, a place mentioned in ancient texts and assumed to refer the country between the 10th [7] and the 12th centuries CE. [3] Other ancient names used to refer to Sri Lanka included Serendip in Persian, Turkic (Serendib/Särändib) and Eelam in Tamil.
The Tudor rose is a combination of the red rose of Lancaster and the white rose of York. Each of the four countries of the United Kingdom has a traditional floral emblem: England – officially the Tudor rose [111] [66] or unofficially the red rose and English oak. Northern Ireland – the flax, [68] orange lily, or shamrock. [citation needed]
Pachliopta aristolochiae, the common rose, [2] [3] is a species of swallowtail butterfly belonging to the genus Pachliopta, the roses, or red-bodied swallowtails. It is a common butterfly which is extensively distributed across south and southeast Asia .
Pachliopta jophon, the Ceylon rose or Sri Lankan rose, is a butterfly found in Sri Lanka that belongs to the swallowtail family. It was earlier classified as a subspecies of Pachliopta hector , the crimson rose.
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Lilavati was the fourth woman in Sri Lankan history to rule as sovereign in her own right. Lilavati rose to prominence as the wife of king Parakramabahu I. Being of royal descent herself, she then ruled as sole monarch on three occasions in the near-anarchy following Parakramabahu's death, with the backing of various generals.