Ceilan
Pronunciation: [səjˈlan]
“Ceilan” is a Catalan word. Its meaning in English:
proper noun
In Catalan
- Antic nom de Sri Lanka
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).
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