Category: GeographyPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common
කන්ද
/kanda/Roman
English meaning: Mountain
Sinhala Definition
(සිංහල)කන්ද යනු ඉහළ ශ්රේෂ්ඨ භූ ප්රදේශයකි.
English Definition
A large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising above surrounding land.
Example
“ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ශ්රේෂ්ඨ කන්ද ශ්රී පාද කන්දයි.”
In English: “The highest mountain in Sri Lanka is Adam's Peak.”
Synonyms
- ගිරිය
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.”
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