Cejlon

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Czech

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Cejlon m inan (related adjective cejlonský, demonym Cejloňan)

  1. Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka, a country and island in South Asia)
    Synonym: Srí Lanka

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Further reading

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  • Ceylon”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • Cejlon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • Cejlon”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese Ceilão, from Ancient Greek Σελεδίβα (Seledíba), from Pali sīhaḷadīva, sīeḷedīva, or from Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛj.lɔn/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛjlɔn
  • Syllabification: Cej‧lon

Proper noun

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Cejlon m inan

  1. Ceylon (island)

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Derived terms

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adjective
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Further reading

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  • Cejlon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡sějloːn/
  • Hyphenation: Cej‧lon

Proper noun

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Cèjlōn m (Cyrillic spelling Цѐјло̄н)

  1. (uncountable) Ceylon

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