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Meaning of Ceylon | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
sɪˈlɒn

Definitions

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

Equivalents

العربية سيلان
বাংলা সিংহল
Bosanski Cejlon Цејлон
Català Ceilan
Čeština Cejlon cejlonský
Deutsch Ceylan Ceylon Zeylon
Ελληνικά Κεϋλάνη
Esperanto Cejlono
Español Ceilán
فارسی سیلان
Suomi Ceylon
Français Ceylan
Hrvatski Cejlon Цејлон
Հայերեն Ցեյլոն
Italiano Ceilano Ceylon
日本語 セイロン
ქართული ცეილონი
한국어 실론
Latina ceylonicus
Bahasa Melayu Sailan selan
မြန်မာဘာသာ စီလုံ
Nederlands Ceylon
Polski Cejlon
Português Ceilão
Русский Цейлон
Српски Cejlon Цејлон
தமிழ் சிலோன்
Tiếng Việt Tích 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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