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'''NATIONAL EMBLEM OF SRI LANKA''' | '''NATIONAL EMBLEM OF SRI LANKA''' | ||
[[File:srilanka.jpg|center]] | [[File:srilanka.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The name Sri Lanka comprises the honorific Sri, or "venerable", and the island's proper name, Lanka. It is sometimes translated poetically as "resplendent isle". | The name Sri Lanka comprises the honorific Sri, or "venerable", and the island's proper name, Lanka. It is sometimes translated poetically as "resplendent isle". | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:ceylon.rv.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms on a Danish tobacco card | |align="center"|[[File:ceylon.rv.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms on a Danish tobacco card | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:ceylon.wes.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms | |align="center"|[[File:ceylon.wes.jpg|center|200 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a [[Wills's - Arms of the British Empire (small)|tobacco card]] ( 1910) | ||
|align="center"|[[File:ceylon.wesb.jpg|center|200 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>(reverse) | |||
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====The arms of the Dutch Colony of Ceylon (1602-1796)==== | ====The arms of the Dutch Colony of Ceylon (1602-1796)==== | ||
[[File:ceylonn.jpg|center]] | [[File:ceylonn.jpg|center|350 px|Colonial arms of Ceylon]] | ||
When the above arms for the Dutch colony of Ceylon were adopted is not known. The above image dates from a manuscript dating from 1717/1720. | When the above arms for the Dutch colony of Ceylon were adopted is not known. The above image dates from a manuscript dating from 1717/1720. | ||
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The two small shields are both quartered and show the arms of [[Colombo]], [[Galle]],[[Jaffna]] and [[Mannar]], and the other the arms of [[Trincomalee]], [[Matara]], [[Batticaloa]] and [[Kalpitiya]]. | The two small shields are both quartered and show the arms of [[Colombo]], [[Galle]],[[Jaffna]] and [[Mannar]], and the other the arms of [[Trincomalee]], [[Matara]], [[Batticaloa]] and [[Kalpitiya]]. | ||
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[[Literature]] : Information provided by Mike Oettle, South Africa, images from www.cyber-flag.net (Sri Lanka), Mike Oettle (ceylon-dom) and Theo van der Zalm, Wageningen, the Netherlands (ceylon-cc); Silva, de and Beumer, Illustrations and views of Dutch Ceylon 1602-1796, 1988. | [[Literature]] : Information provided by Mike Oettle, South Africa, images from www.cyber-flag.net (Sri Lanka), Mike Oettle (ceylon-dom) and Theo van der Zalm, Wageningen, the Netherlands (ceylon-cc); Silva, de and Beumer, Illustrations and views of Dutch Ceylon 1602-1796, 1988. | ||