Ceilan

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese Ceilão, from Old French Seilan (Marco Polo), probably a back-formation from Arabic سَرَنْدِيب (sarandīb), from Persian سرندیپ (sarandip), from Prakrit *𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀮𑀤𑀻𑀯 (*sīhaladīva), from Sanskrit सिंहलद्वीप (siṃhaladvīpa). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [səjˈlan] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [sejˈlan] === Proper noun === Ceilan m (archaic, historical) Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia) ==== Derived terms ==== ceilan ceilanès ceilanita espinac de Ceilan