Ceylon

[ si-lon, sey- ]

/ sɪˈlɒn, seɪ- /

former name of Sri Lanka.

OTHER WORDS FROM Ceylon

pro-Cey·lon, adjective

A disease of a somewhat similar, but severer type, has for many years prevailed in Ceylon.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 |Various
Spinels are found along with ruby in Burmah and in Siam and they also occur in the gem gravels of Ceylon.

A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public |Frank Bertram Wade
The woods, and indeed all out-doors at Ceylon, seemed like a conservatory of exotic birds and flowers.

Due West |Maturin Murray Ballou
Hitherto no branch of the zoology of Ceylon has been so imperfectly investigated as its Ichthyology.

Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon |J. Emerson Tennent

And one is a case at the Jaffna Hospital, Ceylon; no date; and nothing said about the dog.

Experiments on Animals |Stephen Paget

Ceylon

/ (sɪˈlɒn) /

the former name (until 1972) of Sri Lanka

an island in the Indian Ocean, off the SE coast of India: consists politically of the republic of Sri Lanka. Area: 64 644 sq km (24 959 sq miles)

Ceylon

Former name for the nation now called Sri Lanka.