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- noun Plural form of
Sri Lankan .
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Examples
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Reaching out to some of the 200,000 Sri Lankans who go abroad to work every year, Caritas Sri Lanka and local Catholic groups make sure people know the risks of migration.
Catholic Relief Services: Sri Lanka's Abused Maids Catholic Relief Services 2011
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Despite this evidence, which points to an ongoing risk of torture including to individuals with an actual or perceived association with the LTTE, the government is set to return another plane-load of Sri Lankans including refused asylum seekers without sufficient monitoring on return.
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To those outside the United States, and certainly to Sri Lankans, this is laughable.
Ru Freeman: A Few Peas Short of a Full Pod: Hillary Clinton & Tamil Nadu's Jayalalitha Ru Freeman 2011
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The international community would do better to focus on building the institutions that will eventually allow Sri Lankans to grapple with their own war history.
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During my visit to Sri Lanka in November last year, I urged the Sri Lankan Government to win the peace, after decades-long military conflict, by forging an enduring political settlement for all Sri Lankans.
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Using $10 million in taxpayer dollars, USAID is training 3,000 under-employed and unemployed Sri Lankans students who will then be hired by outsourcing companies in Sri Lanka.
Donna Conroy: A Jobs Program Global Outsourcers Can Believe In: USAID Trains Sri Lankans and Armenians to Displace Americans Donna Conroy 2010
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As a long-time friend, Australia has been, and will continue to be, committed to working with Sri Lanka to build a peaceful and prosperous future for all Sri Lankans.
Ministerial Statement on Sri Lanka - Statement by Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs 2010
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The notion of karma, central to both Buddhist and Hindu beliefs, is shared by Sri Lankans across ethnic and religious lines.
Crazy Like Us Ethan Watters 2010
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During my visit to Sri Lanka in November last year, I urged the Sri Lankan Government to win the peace, after decades-long military conflict, by forging an enduring political settlement for all Sri Lankans.
Ministerial Statement on Sri Lanka - Statement by Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs 2010
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As a long-time friend, Australia has been, and will continue to be, committed to working with Sri Lanka to build a peaceful and prosperous future for all Sri Lankans.
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