Ceylon
Pronunciation: /sɪˈlɒn/
The English word “Ceylon” has 3 meanings listed here.
proper noun
- Former name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia .
- An object-oriented, strongly statically typed programming language with an emphasis on immutability.
noun
- Tea produced in Sri Lanka.
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.
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