出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/07/04 05:31 UTC 版)
Sri Lanka (officially, The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka) (i /ʃriː ˈlɑːŋkə/, /sriːˈlɑːŋkə/, or /sriːˈlæŋkə/; Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා, Tamil: இலங்கை) is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. The South Asian island nation was known as Ceylon ( /sɨˈlɒn/, /seɪˈlɒn/, or /siːˈlɒn/) until 1972. Sri Lanka is surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the Maldives.