Meanings
alternative obsolete Ceylone · alternative obsolete Zeyloon
- archaichistoricalFormer name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia .First known use prior to 1972
Brush supplied shunters to industrial clients, but the first significant main line order came from the Ceylon Government Railway in 1950 for 25 diesel-electrics.
2021 June 30, David Clough, “Brush: a UK rail icon”, in RAIL, number 934, page 55 - rareA male given name transferred from the place name.
- computer languagesAn object-oriented, strongly statically typed programming language with an emphasis on immutability.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*sinȷ́ʰás
- Proto-Indo-Aryan*sinźʰás
- Sanskritसिंह (siṃha)
- Sanskritसिंहल (siṃhala)
- Palisīhaḷa
- Persianسیلان (saylân)
- Old FrenchSeilan
- PortugueseCeilão
- EnglishCeylon
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.
More words from Portuguese, Old French, Persian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Ceylon
- Ceylonold name for Sri Lanka
Arabic سِيلَان
- سِيلَان (sīlān)old name for Sri Lanka
Basque Zeilan
- Zeilanold name for Sri Lanka
Bengali সিংহল
- সিংহল (śiṅghôl)old name for Sri Lanka
Bulgarian Цейло́н
- Цейло́н (Cejlón)old name for Sri Lanka
Catalan Ceilan
- Ceilanold name for Sri Lanka
Chinese Mandarin 錫蘭 /锡兰
- 錫蘭 /锡兰 (Xīlán)old name for Sri Lanka
Czech Cejlon
- Cejlonold name for Sri Lanka
Danish Ceylon
- Ceylonold name for Sri Lanka
Dutch Ceylon
- Ceylonold name for Sri Lanka
Esperanto Cejlono
- Cejlonoold name for Sri Lanka
Estonian Tseilon
- Tseilonold name for Sri Lanka
Finnish Ceylon
- Ceylonold name for Sri Lanka
French Ceylan
- Ceylanold name for Sri Lanka
German Ceylon, Zeylon
- Ceylonold name for Sri Lanka
- Zeylonold name for Sri Lanka
- Ceylanold name for Sri Lanka
Greek Κεϋλάνη
- Κεϋλάνη (Keÿláni)old name for Sri Lanka
Hebrew ציילון
- ציילון (tseilón)old name for Sri Lanka
Hindi सेलोन, सिंहल
- सेलोन (selon)old name for Sri Lanka
- सिंहल (sĩhal)old name for Sri Lanka
Hungarian Ceylon
- Ceylonold name for Sri Lanka
Icelandic Seylon
- Seylonold name for Sri Lanka
Indonesian Ceylon
- Ceylonold name for Sri Lanka
Irish an tSiolóin
- an tSiolóinold name for Sri Lanka
Italian Ceylon, Ceilano
- Ceylonold name for Sri Lanka
- Ceilanoold name for Sri Lanka
Japanese セイロン
- セイロン (Seiron)old name for Sri Lanka
Korean 실론
- 실론 (Sillon)old name for Sri Lanka
Latvian Ceilona
- Ceilonaold name for Sri Lanka
Lithuanian Ceilonas
- Ceilonasold name for Sri Lanka
Malay Sailan, Selan
- Sailanold name for Sri Lanka
- Selanold name for Sri Lanka
Norwegian Bokmål Ceylon
- Ceylonold name for Sri Lanka
Persian سیلان
- سیلان (saylân)old name for Sri Lanka
Polish Cejlon
- Cejlonold name for Sri Lanka
Portuguese Ceilão
- Ceilãoold name for Sri Lanka
Romanian Ceilon
- Ceilonold name for Sri Lanka
Russian Цейло́н
- Цейло́н (Cejlón)old name for Sri Lanka
Slovak Cejlón
- Cejlónold name for Sri Lanka
Spanish Ceilán
- Ceilánold name for Sri Lanka
Swedish Ceylon
- Ceylonold name for Sri Lanka
Tamil சிலோன்
- சிலோன் (cilōṉ)old name for Sri Lanka
Thai ซีลอน
- ซีลอน (siil-on)old name for Sri Lanka
Turkish Seylan
- Seylanold name for Sri Lanka
Ukrainian Цейло́н
- Цейло́н (Cejlón)old name for Sri Lanka
Urdu سنہل
- سنہل (sinhal)old name for Sri Lanka
Vietnamese Tích Lan
- Tích Lanold name for Sri Lanka
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Ceylon
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Cite this entry
Ceylon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ceylon
“Ceylon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ceylon. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ceylon,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ceylon.
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