斯拉

Sīlā
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Meanings

  1. 1 Sla / Sira (transliteration syllable, often part of longer names)
  2. 2 (component of) Slavic / Sri Lanka

Examples

Sīlāfū mínzú fēnbù zài Dōng-Ōu hé Bā'ěrgān dìqū.
The Slavic peoples are spread across Eastern Europe and the Balkans.
Sīlǐlánkǎ yǒushí yě jiǎnchēng wéi Sīlā.
Sri Lanka is sometimes shortened to Sila.

Tips

usage
斯拉 is rarely a complete name on its own. It's the building block for 斯拉夫 Sīlāfū (Slav/Slavic) and shows up inside names and place words such as 布拉斯拉 / 斯拉夫. Characters are purely phonetic: sī + lā ≈ 'sla'. If you see it standalone in a list, the surrounding context (Slavic studies, Eastern European literature, etc.) usually identifies the bearer.

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