Category: EnvironmentPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

දේශගුණය

/deshagunaya/Roman

English meaning: Climate

Sinhala Definition

(සිංහල)

දේශගුණය යනු ප්‍රදේශයක දිගු කාලීන කාලගුණ රටාවකි.

English Definition

The long-term pattern of weather conditions in a region, including temperature and rainfall.

Example

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ දේශගුණය ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨ ලෙස ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨ ය.

In English: Sri Lanka's climate is tropical.

Literary Heritage

කඳු හා ගංඟා මෙම දිවයිනේ ආශිර්වාදයයි, ඒ ආරක්ෂා කිරීම ධර්මයයි.

/kandu hā gaṃgā mema divayinē āśīrvādayayī, ē ārakṣā kirīma dharmayayī./

Mountains and rivers are this island's blessing; protecting them is dharma.

Totagamuwe Sri Rahula · Buddhist Scholar-Poet · 15th century CE

Sela Lihini Sandesaya

Sela Lihini Sandesaya, Verse 5 — on Sri Lanka's natural landscape as a sacred trust

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සිංහල
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