Ceilan

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Portuguese Ceilão, from Old French Seilan (Marco Polo), probably a back-formation from Arabic سَرَنْدِيب (sarandīb), from Persian (sarandip), from Prakrit *𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀮𑀤𑀻𑀯 (*sīhaladīva), from Sanskrit सिंहलद्वीप (siṃhaladvīpa).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səjˈlan]
IPA^(key): (Valencian) [sejˈlan]

Proper noun[edit]

Ceilan m

(archaic, historical) Sri Lanka [prior to 1972]

Derived terms[edit]

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