Ceylon

English

Alternative forms

• Ceylone, Zeyloon (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

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Proto-Indo-Iranian *sinȷ́ʰás

Proto-Indo-Aryan *sinźʰás

Sanskrit सिंह (siṃha)

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Sanskrit -ल (-la)

Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala)der.

Pali sīhaḷader.

Persian سیلان (saylân)der.

Old French Seilanbor.

Portuguese Ceilãobor.

English Ceylon

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/
• Rhymes: (UK) -ɒn, (US) -ɑn

Proper noun

Ceylon

2. (archaic, historical) Former name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia [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.

3. (very rare) A male given name transferred from the place name.
4. (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• The country name Ceylon is generally considered archaic, having been replaced by Sri Lanka, but it is still used in some contexts; see usage notes for Sri Lanka.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

• Ceylon cinnamon
• Ceylon ebony
• Ceylonese
• Ceylon gooseberry
• Ceylon ironwood
• ceylonite
• Ceylon jasmine
• Ceylon moss
• Ceylon oak
• Ceylon tea

Descendants

• → Burmese: စီလုံ (cilum)
• → Tamil: சிலோன் (cilōṉ)

Translations

old name for Sri Lanka — see also Sri Lanka

• Afrikaans: Ceylon
• Albanian: Cejloni (sq)
• Arabic: سِيلَان m (sīlān)
• Armenian: Ցեյլոն (Cʻeylon)
• Azerbaijani: Seylon
• Basque: Zeilan
• Belarusian: Цэйлон m (Cejlón)
• Bengali: সিংহল (bn) (śiṅghôl)
• Bulgarian: Цейло́н m (Cejlón)
• Burmese: စီလုံ (cilum)
• Catalan: Ceilan (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 錫蘭 / 锡兰 (zh) (Xīlán)

• Czech: Cejlon (cs) m
• Danish: Ceylon
• Dutch: Ceylon (nl)
• Esperanto: Cejlono
• Estonian: Tseilon
• Finnish: Ceylon (fi)
• French: Ceylan (fr) m
• Galician: Ceilán m
• Georgian: ცეილონი (ceiloni)
• German: Ceylon (de) n; also: Zeylon n, Ceylan n
• Greek: Κεϋλάνη (el) f (Keÿláni)
• Hebrew: ציילון m (tseilón)
• Hindi: सेलोन (selon), सिंहल (hi) m (sĩhal)
• Hungarian: Ceylon (hu)
• Icelandic: Seylon
• Indonesian: Ceylon
• Irish: an tSiolóin f
• Italian: Ceylon (it), Ceilano
• Japanese: セイロン (ja) (Seiron)
• Korean: 실론 (Sillon)
• Latvian: Ceilona f
• Lithuanian: Ceilonas m
• Macedonian: Цејлон m (Cejlon)
• Malay: Sailan, Selan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Ceylon

  Nynorsk: Ceylon

• Persian: سیلان (fa) (saylân)
• Polish: Cejlon (pl) m
• Portuguese: Ceilão (pt) m
• Romanian: Ceilon m
• Russian: Цейло́н (ru) m (Cejlón)
• Sanskrit: सिंहल (sa) m (siṃhala)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Цејлон m

  Latin: Cejlon (sh) m

• Sinhalese: සෙයිලොන් (seyilon)
• Slovak: Cejlón (sk) m
• Slovene: Cejlon m
• Spanish: Ceilán (es) m
• Sundanese: Sélong
• Swedish: Ceylon (sv)
• Tamil: சிலோன் (cilōṉ)
• Thai: ซีลอน (siil-on)
• Turkish: Seylan

  Ottoman Turkish: سیلان (Seylan)

• Ukrainian: Цейло́н m (Cejlón)
• 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

• Cloyne, Conley

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Ceylon, from Portuguese Ceilão.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Ceylon

1. (historical) Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia)

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