Ceilan

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Etymology

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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).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ceilan m

  1. (archaic, historical) Sri Lanka [prior to 1972]

Derived terms

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