"Ceylon" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /sɪˈlɒn/ [UK], /seɪˈlɑn/ [US], /siˈlɑn/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ceylon.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: (UK) -ɒn, (US) -ɑn Etymology: 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 templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|pt|Ceilão|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Portuguese Ceilão, {{bor+|en|pt|Ceilão}} Borrowed from Portuguese Ceilão, {{der|en|fro|Seilan}} Old French Seilan, {{der|en|fa|سیلان|tr=saylān}} Persian سیلان (saylān), {{der|en|pi|sīhaḷa}} Pali sīhaḷa, {{der|en|sa|सिंहल}} Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala), {{doublet|en|Sinhala}} Doublet of Sinhala Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ceylon
  1. (archaic, historical) Sri Lanka . Tags: archaic, historical Categories (place): Sri Lanka
    Sense id: en-Ceylon-en-name-hL~W-uXv Disambiguation of Sri Lanka: 55 4 1 40
  2. (very rare) A male given name transferred from the place name. Tags: rare Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names
    Sense id: en-Ceylon-en-name-D5mEbNQl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 45 30 14 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 46 29 15
  3. (computer languages) An object-oriented, strongly statically typed programming language with an emphasis on immutability. Categories (topical): Computer languages
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Ceylone, Zeyloon [obsolete] Derived forms: Ceylonese, Ceylon gooseberry, Ceylon ironwood Translations: Ταπροβάνη (Taprobánē) (Ancient Greek), سِيلَان (sīlān) [masculine] (Arabic), سَرَنْدِيب (sarandīb) [archaic] (Arabic), Ցեյլոն (Cʿeylon) (Armenian), সিংহল (śiṅghôl) (Bengali), စီလုံ (cilum) (Burmese), Ceilan (Catalan), 錫蘭 (Chinese Mandarin), 锡兰 (Xīlán) (Chinese Mandarin), Cejlon [masculine] (Czech), Ceylon (Dutch), Cejlono (Esperanto), Ceylon (Finnish), Ceylan [masculine] (French), Ceilán [masculine] (Galician), Ceylon [neuter] (German), Zeylon [also, neuter] (German), Ceylan [neuter] (German), Κεϋλάνη (Keÿláni) [feminine] (Greek), सेलोन (selon) (Hindi), सिंहल (sĩhal) [masculine] (Hindi), Ceylon (Hungarian), an tSiolóin [feminine] (Irish), Ceylon (Italian), セイロン (Seiron) (Japanese), 실론 (Sillon) (Korean), Tāprobanē [feminine] (Latin), Sailan (Malay), Selan (Malay), سیلان (Seylan) (Ottoman Turkish), سیلان (saylân) (Persian), Cejlon [masculine] (Polish), Ceilão [masculine] (Portuguese), Цейло́н (Cejlón) [masculine] (Russian), सिंहलद्वीप (siṃhaladvīpa) [masculine] (Sanskrit), सिंहल (siṃhala) [masculine] (Sanskrit), Cejlon [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ලංකා (laṁkā) (Sinhalese), Ceilán [masculine] (Spanish), Ceylon (Swedish), இலங்கை (ilaṅkai) (Tamil), سنہل (sinhal) (Urdu), Tích Lan (Vietnamese)

Noun

IPA: /sɪˈlɒn/ [UK], /seɪˈlɑn/ [US], /siˈlɑn/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ceylon.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Ceylons [plural]
Rhymes: (UK) -ɒn, (US) -ɑn Etymology: 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 templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|pt|Ceilão|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Portuguese Ceilão, {{bor+|en|pt|Ceilão}} Borrowed from Portuguese Ceilão, {{der|en|fro|Seilan}} Old French Seilan, {{der|en|fa|سیلان|tr=saylān}} Persian سیلان (saylān), {{der|en|pi|sīhaḷa}} Pali sīhaḷa, {{der|en|sa|सिंहल}} Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala), {{doublet|en|Sinhala}} Doublet of Sinhala Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Ceylon (countable and uncountable, plural Ceylons)
  1. Tea produced in Sri Lanka. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: Names of Sri Lanka
    Sense id: en-Ceylon-en-noun-ffoc~JN-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Ceylone, Zeyloon [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "সিংহল"
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      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "cilum",
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      "word": "锡兰"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "Keÿláni",
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      "word": "Κεϋλάνη"
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      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Taprobánē",
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Sillon",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
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    }
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