Ceylon
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Ceylon
- /sɪˈlɒn/ UK
- /seɪˈlɑn/ US
- /siˈlɑn/ US
Rhymes with (UK) -ɒn, (US) -ɑn
Where it comes from
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.
proper noun Ceylone · Zeyloon
- Former name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia . Brush supplied shunters to industrial clients, but the first significant main line order came from the Ceylon Government Railway in 1950 for 25 diesel-electrics.
- A male given name transferred from the place name.
- An object-oriented, strongly statically typed programming language with an emphasis on immutability.
noun Ceylons · Ceylone · Zeyloon
- Tea produced in Sri Lanka.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sri lanka, tin, elsie, sik, ilam, srilanka, serendib, taprobane, lanka, silan, ceylan, sinhala, eelam, seyche, east-indies, seychelles
Translations
Every language
name old name for Sri Lanka
| Español | Ceilán |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 실론 Sillon |
| 日本語 | セイロン Seiron |
| 中文 | 錫蘭 /锡兰 Xīlán |
| हिन्दी | सेलोन selon, सिंहल sĩhal |
| Português | Ceilão |
| Français | Ceylan |
| Deutsch | Ceylon, Zeylon, Ceylan |
| Italiano | Ceylon, Ceilano |
| Ελληνικά | Κεϋλάνη Keÿláni |
| Română | Ceilon |
| Русский | Цейло́н Cejlón |
| Tiếng Việt | Tích Lan |
| العربية | سِيلَان sīlān |
| עברית | ציילון tseilón |
Talk about this word "Ceylon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ceylon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Ceylon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ceylon "Ceylon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ceylon.Cite this
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title = {Ceylon},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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