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/ (US) IPA(key): /seɪˈlɑn/, /siˈlɑn/ Rhymes: (UK) -ɒn, (US) -ɑn === Proper noun === Ceylon (archaic, historical) Former name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia [prior to 1972]. (very rare) A male given name transferred from the place name. (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 ==== Usage notes ==== The country name Ceylon is generally considered archaic, having been replaced by Sri Lanka, but it is still used in some contexts; see usage notes for Sri Lanka.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 ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Burmese: စီလုံ (cilum) → Tamil: சிலோன் (cilōṉ) ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Ceylon (countable and uncountable, plural Ceylons) Tea produced in Sri Lanka. === See also === Names of Sri Lanka === Anagrams === Cloyne, Conley == Finnish == === Etymology === From English Ceylon, from Portuguese Ceilão. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsei̯lon/, [ˈs̠e̞i̯lo̞n] Rhymes: -eilon === Proper noun === Ceylon (historical) Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== Sri Lanka ==== Derived terms ====