Ceilão

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old French Seilan, from Persian سیلان (saylān), from Pali sīhaḷa, from Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala). Doublet of cingala.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sejˈlɐ̃w̃/ [seɪ̯ˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐjˈlɐ̃w̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐjˈlɐ̃w̃/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sejˈlɐ̃w̃/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /sejˈlɐ̃w̃/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /seˈlɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: Cei‧lão

Proper noun

Ceilão m

1. Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka)

Descendants

• → Catalan: Ceilan
• → Czech: Cejlon, Ceylon
• → English: Ceylon, Ceylone, Zeyloon (obsolete)
  • → Burmese: စီလုံ (cilum)
  • → Tamil: சிலோன் (cilōṉ)
• → German: Ceylon, Zeylon
  • → Russian: Цейлон (Cejlon)
    • → Armenian: Ցեյլոն (Cʻeylon)
    • → Azerbaijani: Seylon
    • → Georgian: ცეილონი (ceiloni)
• → Polish: Cejlon
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Latin script: Cèjlōn

  Cyrillic script: Цѐјло̄н

• → Spanish: Ceilán, Ceylán