Ceylon

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σελεδίβα (Selediba), from Pali sīhaḷa, from Sanskrit siṃhala dvīpa (“island”); siṃhala derived from siṃha (“lion”).

Proper noun

Ceylon

1. The old name for Sri Lanka, prior to 1972.

Usage notes

The term Ceylon is generally considered archaic, having been replaced by Sri Lanka, but it is still used in some contexts; see usage notes for Sri Lanka.

Derived terms

• Ceylonese

Translations

old name for Sri Lanka

• Arabic: سيلان (ar) (silaan) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狮子国 (cmn) (Shīziguó)

• Dutch: Ceylon (nl)
• Esperanto: Cejlono
• French: Ceylan (fr)
• German: Ceylon (de)
• Greek: Κεϋλάνη (el) (Keyláni) f
• Hindi: सेलोन (hi) (selon)
• Hungarian: Ceylon (hu)
• Italian: Ceylon (it)

• Japanese: セイロン (ja) (seiron)
• Korean: 실론 (ko) (Sillon)
• Malay: Sailan (ms)
• Portuguese: Ceilão (pt) m
• Russian: Цейлон (ru) (Cejlón) m
• Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can
• Serbo-Croatian: Cejlon (sh) m
• Sinhalese: ලංකා (si) (la ̃kā)
• Spanish: Ceilán (es) m
• Swedish: Ceylon (sv)
• Tamil: இலங்கை (ta) (ilaṅkai)
• Vietnamese: Tích Lan (vi)

Sri Lanka — see Sri Lanka

See also

• Names of Sri Lanka

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