Serendib

English

Alternative forms

• Serendip

Etymology

From Arabic سَرَنْدِيب (sarandīb), from Persian سرندیپ (sarandip), from Pali Sīhaḷadīpa and Sanskrit सिंहलद्वीप (siṃhaladvīpa, “island of the Sinhala people”). See Sīhaḷa (“Sri Lanka”), dīpa (“island”) in Pali; and सिंहल (siṃhala, “Sri Lanka”), द्वीप (dvīpa, “island”) in Sanskrit.

Proper noun

Serendib

1. An ancient name of Ceylon or Sri Lanka.
   • 2003 Brigitte. Ellemor, Richard Plunkett, Verity Campbell - Sri Lanka

     His last two journeys were to Sri Lanka, or Serendib as Arab mariners knew it.

See also

• Names of Sri Lanka

Anagrams

• debrines, inbreeds