Ceilan
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ceilan m
- (archaic, historical) Sri Lanka [prior to 1972]
Derived terms
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