Ceylon
English
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
Proper noun
Ceylon
- (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.
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- (very rare) A male given name transferred from the place name.
Usage notes
The term Ceylon is generally considered archaic, having been replaced by Sri Lanka, but it is still used in some contexts; see usage notes for Sri Lanka.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
Translations
old name for Sri Lanka — See also translations at Sri Lanka
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See also
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
From English Ceylon, from Portuguese Ceilão.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsei̯lon/, [ˈs̠e̞i̯lo̞n]
Usage notes
- still used in the names of many plants and animals
Declension
| Inflection of Ceylon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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| 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 | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| abessive | Ceylonitta | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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