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Ceylon

//seɪˈlɑn// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Former name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia . archaic, historical

    "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."

  2. 2
    A male given name transferred from the place name. rare
  3. 3
    An object-oriented, strongly statically typed programming language with an emphasis on immutability.
Noun
  1. 1
    Tea produced in Sri Lanka. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese Ceilão, from Old French Seilan (Marco Polo), from Persian سیلان (saylān), ultimately from Pali sīhaḷa, from Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala). Doublet of Sinhala.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese Ceilão, from Old French Seilan (Marco Polo), from Persian سیلان (saylān), ultimately from Pali sīhaḷa, from Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala). Doublet of Sinhala.

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