Sri Lankan British
E237476
Sri Lankan British are people in the United Kingdom of Sri Lankan origin or descent, forming a distinct diaspora community with cultural ties to both Sri Lanka and Britain.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| British Sri Lankan Sinhalese | 1 |
| Sri Lankan British canonical | 1 |
| Sri Lankan Briton | 1 |
| UK Tamils | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2127278 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Sri Lankan British Context triple: [Sri Lankan American, relatedTo, Sri Lankan British]
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A.
British Ceylon
British Ceylon was the British colonial possession in the Indian Ocean that encompassed the island of present-day Sri Lanka from the late 18th century until its independence in 1948.
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B.
Sri Lankan American
A Sri Lankan American is a U.S. resident or citizen of Sri Lankan heritage, often maintaining cultural ties to Sri Lanka while participating in American social, economic, and cultural life.
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C.
SRILANKAN
SRILANKAN is the radio callsign used by SriLankan Airlines, the flag carrier of Sri Lanka.
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D.
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon)
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) was a former Dutch colonial territory on the island of Sri Lanka, controlled mainly for its strategic ports and lucrative cinnamon trade from the mid-17th to late 18th century.
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E.
Dominion of Ceylon
The Dominion of Ceylon was a British Commonwealth realm in South Asia that existed from 1948 to 1972, when it became the fully independent republic of Sri Lanka.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Sri Lankan British Target entity description: Sri Lankan British are people in the United Kingdom of Sri Lankan origin or descent, forming a distinct diaspora community with cultural ties to both Sri Lanka and Britain.
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A.
British Ceylon
British Ceylon was the British colonial possession in the Indian Ocean that encompassed the island of present-day Sri Lanka from the late 18th century until its independence in 1948.
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B.
Sri Lankan American
A Sri Lankan American is a U.S. resident or citizen of Sri Lankan heritage, often maintaining cultural ties to Sri Lanka while participating in American social, economic, and cultural life.
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C.
SRILANKAN
SRILANKAN is the radio callsign used by SriLankan Airlines, the flag carrier of Sri Lanka.
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D.
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon)
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) was a former Dutch colonial territory on the island of Sri Lanka, controlled mainly for its strategic ports and lucrative cinnamon trade from the mid-17th to late 18th century.
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E.
Dominion of Ceylon
The Dominion of Ceylon was a British Commonwealth realm in South Asia that existed from 1948 to 1972, when it became the fully independent republic of Sri Lanka.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
diaspora community
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ |
| citizenshipTypicallyHeld | British citizenship ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| engagesIn |
Sri Lankan cultural festivals in the United Kingdom
ⓘ
remittances to Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| ethnicOriginIncludes |
Burgher
ⓘ
Sinhalese ⓘ Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ
surface form:
Sri Lankan Moor
Sri Lankan Tamil ⓘ |
| hasAncestralOrigin | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| hasCulturalTieTo |
British culture
ⓘ
Sri Lankan culture ⓘ |
| hasDiasporaInstitutionType |
Sri Lankan community associations
ⓘ
Sri Lankan cultural organizations ⓘ Sri Lankan language schools ⓘ Sri Lankan religious centers ⓘ |
| includesRefugeeCommunitiesFrom | Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
English
ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ Tamil ⓘ |
| maintainsTransnationalLinksWith | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| migrationWave |
late 20th century migration to the United Kingdom
ⓘ
post-World War II migration to the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| notableSubgroup |
British Sri Lankan Muslims
ⓘ
Sri Lankan British self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
British Sri Lankan Sinhalese
Sri Lankan diaspora ⓘ
surface form:
British Sri Lankan Tamils
|
| oftenClassifiedUnder |
Asian or Asian British
ⓘ
Other Asian background ⓘ |
| partOf |
Asian British
ⓘ
South Asian British ⓘ Sri Lankan diaspora ⓘ |
| recognizedIn | United Kingdom census ethnic classifications ⓘ |
| religionPracticed |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ |
| settlementConcentration |
Birmingham
ⓘ
Croydon ⓘ East London ⓘ Greater London ⓘ Harrow ⓘ London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
Manchester ⓘ South East England ⓘ Wembley ⓘ |
| usesDemonym |
British Sri Lankan
ⓘ
Sri Lankan British self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Sri Lankan Briton
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How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Sri Lankan British Description of subject: Sri Lankan British are people in the United Kingdom of Sri Lankan origin or descent, forming a distinct diaspora community with cultural ties to both Sri Lanka and Britain.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.