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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". | ||