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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 masculine given names" The following 105 pages are in this category, out of 105 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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 names Serendip, Seren-dip, Sarandib or Sarandīp are Persian and Arab [4] or Hindustani [36] names for Sri Lanka suggested to have been derived from the words Sinhala-dvipa (Sinhala Isle, dvipa or dipa means Island), or Suvarna-dvipa meaning "golden-isle". [36] Another proposal suggested the Tamil Cheran (a Tamil tribe) and tivu (island) as ...
The morphological structure of Sri Lankan place names by and large depends on the language. Sinhala and Tamil favour transparent compounds involving geological features combined with an animal or plant, while the European languages are more person centered and derive place names from saints or nobility or army.
Name Kingdom House Reign Duration From To Days Y-M-D; 1 1: Vijaya: Tambapanni: Vijaya: 543 BC 505 BC 13,870 38 Years 2 2: Upatissa: Upatissanuwara: Vijaya: 505 BC 504 BC 365 1 Year 3 3: Panduvasudeva: Upatissanuwara: Vijaya: 504 BC 474 BC 10,950 30 Years 4 4: Abhaya: Upatissanuwara: Vijaya: 474 BC 454 BC 7,300 20 Years 5 Tissa (regent ...