Ceylon

Meaning

Name

1. (archaic, historical) Former name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia .
2. (rare) A male given name transferred from the place name.
3. An object-oriented, strongly statically typed programming language with an emphasis on immutability.

Noun

Tea produced in Sri Lanka.

Synonyms

Sri Lanka

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Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Republic of Sri Lanka

Prakash

𐐟𐑉𐐨 𐐢𐐰𐑍𐐿𐐲

rupee

Test nation

sarong

Translations

Ceylan

Ceilão

Ceylon

Ceilán

Ceylon

Κεϋλάνη

سيلان

Ceylon

Sri Lanka

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Ceilan

Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɪˈlɒn/

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Ceilão, from Old French Seilan (Marco Polo), from Persian سیلان (saylān), ultimately from Pali sīhaḷa, from Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala). Doublet of Sinhala.