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Cejlon
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Czech
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cejlon m inan (relational adjective cejlonský, demonym Cejloňan)
- (historical) Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia)
- Synonym: Srí Lanka
Declension
Declension of Cejlon (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
Further reading
- “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), 2008–2025
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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Ceilão, from Ancient Greek Σελεδίβα (Seledíba), from Pali sīhaḷadīva, sīeḷedīva, or from Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cejlon m inan
- (historical) Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia)
Declension
Declension of Cejlon
Derived terms
adjective
- cejloński
nouns
- Cejlonka
- Cejlończyk
Further reading
- Cejlon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cèjlōn m inan (Cyrillic spelling Цѐјло̄н)
- (historical) Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia)
Declension
Declension of Cejlon
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