Ceylon

English

Alternative forms

• Ceylone, Zeyloon (obsolete)

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sɪˈlɒn/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /seɪˈlɑn/, /siˈlɑn/
• Rhymes: (UK) -ɒn, (US) -ɑn

Proper noun

Ceylon

1. (archaic, historical) Sri Lanka [prior to 1972].
   • 2021 June 30, David Clough, “Brush: a UK rail icon”, in RAIL, number 934, page 55:

     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. (very rare) A male given name transferred from the place name.
3. (computer languages) An object-oriented, strongly statically typed programming language with an emphasis on immutability.

Usage notes

• The country name Ceylon is generally considered archaic, having been replaced by Sri Lanka, but it is still used in some contexts; see usage notes for Sri Lanka.

Derived terms

• Ceylonese
• Ceylon gooseberry
• Ceylon ironwood

 

Translations

old name for Sri Lanka — see also Sri Lanka

• Arabic: سِيلَان m (sīlān), سَرَنْدِيب (sarandīb) (archaic)
• Armenian: Ցեյլոն (Cʻeylon)
• Bengali: সিংহল (bn) (śiṅghôl)
• Burmese: စီလုံ (cilum)
• Catalan: Ceilan (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 錫蘭／锡兰 (zh) (Xīlán)

• Czech: Cejlon (cs) m
• Dutch: Ceylon (nl)
• Esperanto: Cejlono
• Finnish: Ceylon (fi)
• French: Ceylan (fr) m
• Galician: Ceilán m
• German: Ceylon (de) n; also: Zeylon n, Ceylan n
• Greek: Κεϋλάνη (el) f (Keÿláni)

  Ancient: Ταπροβάνη (Taprobánē)

• Hindi: सेलोन (selon), सिंहल (hi) m (sĩhal)
• Hungarian: Ceylon (hu)
• Irish: an tSiolóin f
• Italian: Ceylon (it)
• Japanese: セイロン (ja) (Seiron)
• Korean: 실론 (Sillon)
• Latin: Tāprobanē f
• Malay: Sailan, Selan
• Ottoman Turkish: سیلان (Seylan)
• Persian: سیلان (fa) (saylân)
• Polish: Cejlon (pl) m
• Portuguese: Ceilão (pt) m
• Russian: Цейло́н (ru) m (Cejlón)
• Sanskrit: सिंहलद्वीप (sa) m (siṃhaladvīpa), सिंहल (sa) m (siṃhala)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: Cejlon (sh) m

• Sinhalese: ලංකා (si) (laṁkā)
• Spanish: Ceilán (es) m
• Swedish: Ceylon (sv)
• Tamil: இலங்கை (ta) (ilaṅkai)
• Urdu: سنہل (sinhal)
• Vietnamese: Tích Lan (vi)

Noun

Ceylon (countable and uncountable, plural Ceylons)

1. Tea produced in Sri Lanka.

See also

• Names of Sri Lanka

Anagrams

• Conley

Finnish

Etymology

From English Ceylon, from Portuguese Ceilão.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsei̯lon/, [ˈs̠e̞i̯lo̞n]

Proper noun

Ceylon

1. (historical) Ceylon (former name of the island and state of Sri Lanka)

Usage notes

• still used in the names of many plants and animals

Declension

Inflection of Ceylon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		Ceylon	—
genitive		Ceylonin	—
partitive		Ceylonia	—
illative		Ceyloniin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Ceylon	—
accusative	nom.	Ceylon	—
	gen.	Ceylonin
genitive		Ceylonin	—
partitive		Ceylonia	—
inessive		Ceylonissa	—
elative		Ceylonista	—
illative		Ceyloniin	—
adessive		Ceylonilla	—
ablative		Ceylonilta	—
allative		Ceylonille	—
essive		Ceylonina	—
translative		Ceyloniksi	—
abessive		Ceylonitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Ceylon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Ceylonini — accusative nom. Ceylonini — gen. Ceylonini genitive Ceylonini — partitive Ceyloniani — inessive Ceylonissani — elative Ceylonistani — illative Ceyloniini — adessive Ceylonillani — ablative Ceyloniltani — allative Ceylonilleni — essive Ceyloninani — translative Ceylonikseni — abessive Ceylonittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Ceylonisi — accusative nom. Ceylonisi — gen. Ceylonisi genitive Ceylonisi — partitive Ceyloniasi — inessive Ceylonissasi — elative Ceylonistasi — illative Ceyloniisi — adessive Ceylonillasi — ablative Ceyloniltasi — allative Ceylonillesi — essive Ceyloninasi — translative Ceyloniksesi — abessive Ceylonittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Ceylonimme — accusative nom. Ceylonimme — gen. Ceylonimme genitive Ceylonimme — partitive Ceyloniamme — inessive Ceylonissamme — elative Ceylonistamme — illative Ceyloniimme — adessive Ceylonillamme — ablative Ceyloniltamme — allative Ceylonillemme — essive Ceyloninamme — translative Ceyloniksemme — abessive Ceylonittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Ceyloninne — accusative nom. Ceyloninne — gen. Ceyloninne genitive Ceyloninne — partitive Ceylonianne — inessive Ceylonissanne — elative Ceylonistanne — illative Ceyloniinne — adessive Ceylonillanne — ablative Ceyloniltanne — allative Ceylonillenne — essive Ceyloninanne — translative Ceyloniksenne — abessive Ceylonittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Ceyloninsa — accusative nom. Ceyloninsa — gen. Ceyloninsa genitive Ceyloninsa — partitive Ceyloniaan Ceyloniansa — inessive Ceylonissaan Ceylonissansa — elative Ceylonistaan Ceylonistansa — illative Ceyloniinsa — adessive Ceylonillaan Ceylonillansa — ablative Ceyloniltaan Ceyloniltansa — allative Ceylonilleen Ceylonillensa — essive Ceyloninaan Ceyloninansa — translative Ceylonikseen Ceyloniksensa — abessive Ceylonittaan Ceylonittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• Sri Lanka

Derived terms

compounds

• ceyloninkaneli
• ceyloninmoringa
• ceyloninpalmuhiiri
• ceyloninpitkähäntäpäästäinen