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/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /seɪˈlɑn/, /siˈlɑn/

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.

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The term Ceylon is generally considered archaic, having been replaced by Sri Lanka, but it is still used in some contexts; see usage notes for Sri Lanka.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

• Ceylonese

Translations

old name for Sri Lanka — See also translations at Sri Lanka

• Arabic: سِيلَان‎ m (sīlān), سَرَنْدِيب‎ (sarandīb) (archaic)
• Armenian: Ցեյլոն (Cʿeylon)
• 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
• 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 (laṁkā)
• Spanish: Ceilán (es) m
• Swedish: Ceylon (sv)
• Tamil: இலங்கை (ta) (ilaṅkai)
• Urdu: سنہل‎ (sinhal)
• Vietnamese: Tích Lan

Noun

Ceylon (uncountable)

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	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Ceylonitta	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Ceylon (type paperi)

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 — instructive — — abessive Ceylonittani — 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 — instructive — — abessive Ceylonittasi — 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 — instructive — — abessive Ceylonittamme — 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 — instructive — — abessive Ceylonittanne — 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 — instructive — — abessive Ceylonittaan Ceylonittansa — comitative — —

Synonyms

• Sri Lanka

Compounds

• ceyloninkaneli
• ceyloninmoringa
• ceyloninpalmuhiiri
• ceyloninpitkähäntäpäästäinen