Ceylon

Noun CEFR B1

sɪˈlɒn

Definitions

Former name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia .
archaic, historical
Tea produced in Sri Lanka.
countable, uncountable
A male given name transferred from the place name.
rare
An object-oriented, strongly statically typed programming language with an emphasis on immutability.

Equivalents

EspañolCeilán

FrançaisCeylan

DeutschCeylan Ceylon Zeylon

25 more languages

العربيةسيلان

বাংলাসিংহল

BosanskiCejlon Цејлон

CatalàCeilan

ČeštinaCejlon cejlonský

ΕλληνικάΚεϋλάνη

EsperantoCejlono

فارسیسیلان

HrvatskiCejlon Цејлон

ՀայերենՑեյլոն

ItalianoCeilano Ceylon

日本語セイロン

ქართულიცეილონი

한국어실론

Latinaceylonicus

Bahasa MelayuSailan selan

မြန်မာစီလုံ

NederlandsCeylon

PolskiCejlon

PortuguêsCeilão

РусскийЦейлон

СрпскиCejlon Цејлон

தமிழ்சிலோன்

Tiếng ViệtTích Lan

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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See also

Ceylon gooseberry Ceylon ironwood Ceylon lac Ceylon moss Ceylon tea Ceylone

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