Ceilan

Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia)

Pronounced as (IPA)

[səjˈlan]

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese: Ceilão

In summary

Borrowed from Portuguese Ceilão, from Old French Seilan (Marco Polo), probably a back-formation from Arabic سَرَنْدِيب (sarandīb), from Persian سرندیپ (sarandip), from Prakrit *𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀮𑀤𑀻𑀯 (*sīhaladīva), from Sanskrit सिंहलद्वीप (siṃhaladvīpa).

Concepts

Ceylon

sarong

Sri Lanka

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Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Prakash

𐐟𐑉𐐨 𐐢𐐰𐑍𐐿𐐲

rupee

Test nation

Synonyms

Sri Lanka

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Sri lanka

Translations

Sri Lanka

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Ceilan

Ceylan

Sri Lanka

Ceilão

Sri Lanca

Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka

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Σρι Λάνκα

Sri Lanka

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Ceilán

Κεϋλάνη

Sri Lanka

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Demokratyczno-Socjalistyczna Republika Sri Lanki

Sri lanka