Category: GeographyPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

සාගරය

/saagaraya/Roman

English meaning: Ocean

Sinhala Definition

(සිංහල)

සාගරය යනු ලෝකයේ විශාල ලවණ ජල කඳකි.

English Definition

A vast body of salt water covering most of the earth's surface.

Example

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ඉන්දියන් සාගරයෙ දූපතකි.

In English: Sri Lanka is an island in the Indian Ocean.

Synonyms

  • මහ සාගරය

Literary Heritage

ලංකා දීපය රත්නාකරය, ත්‍රිවිධ රත්නයෙන් බබළයි.

/laṃkā dīpaya ratnākaraya, trividha ratnanayan babaḷayī./

The island of Lanka is a mine of gems, shining with the Triple Gem.

Mahavamsa Poet · Buddhist Chronicle Poet · 5th–6th century CE

Mahavamsa

Mahavamsa, Chapter 1 — opening geographical and spiritual description of the island

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සිංහල
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Indo-Aryan
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