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Island off India
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sri lanka
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ceylon \Ceylon\ n. the former name of an island republic in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of India, now called Sri Lanka . It is an independent nation with an area of 25,332 sq. mi. and a population of about 14 million people. Syn: Sri Lanka.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sri Lanka ( or ; Sinhalese : ශ්රී ලංකා , Tamil : இலங்கை Ilaṅkai ), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka , is an island country in South Asia near south-east India . Sri Lanka has maritime borders with India to the northwest and the ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
large island southeast of India (known in English until 1972 as Ceylon ), from Lanka , older name for the island and its chief city, + Sanskrit sri "beauty" (especially of divinities, kings, heroes, etc.), also an honorific prefix to proper names, from ...