Ceylon
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Ceilão, from Old French Seilan (Marco Polo), probably a back-formation from Arabic سَرَنْدِيب (sarandīb), from Persian سرندیپ (sarandip), from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "inc-pra" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF., from Sanskrit सिंहलद्वीप (siṃhaladvīpa); compare Pali Sīhaladīpa, obsolete Dhivehi އޮޅުދޫ (oḷudū). Doublet of Serendib.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /sɪˈlɒn/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /seɪˈlɑn/, /siˈlɑn/
Proper noun
Ceylon
- (archaic, historical) Sri Lanka [prior to 1972].
- 2021 June 30, David Clough, “Brush: a UK rail icon”, in RAIL, number 934, page 55:
- 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.
- (very rare) A male given name transferred from the place name.
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The term Ceylon is generally considered archaic, having been replaced by Sri Lanka, but it is still used in some contexts; see usage notes for Sri Lanka.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
Translations
old name for Sri Lanka — see also Sri Lanka
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Noun
Ceylon (uncountable)
See also
Anagrams
Finnish
Proper noun
Ceylon
- (historical) Ceylon (former name of the island and state of Sri Lanka)
Declension
Inflection of Ceylon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Ceylon | — | |
genitive | Ceylonin | — | |
partitive | Ceylonia | — | |
illative | Ceyloniin | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Ceylon | — | |
accusative | nom. | Ceylon | — |
gen. | Ceylonin | ||
genitive | Ceylonin | — | |
partitive | Ceylonia | — | |
inessive | Ceylonissa | — | |
elative | Ceylonista | — | |
illative | Ceyloniin | — | |
adessive | Ceylonilla | — | |
ablative | Ceylonilta | — | |
allative | Ceylonille | — | |
essive | Ceylonina | — | |
translative | Ceyloniksi | — | |
abessive | Ceylonitta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Synonyms
Usage notes
- still used in the names of many plants and animals
Compounds
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- English nouns
- en:Sri Lanka
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