# Ceylon
## English
### Alternative forms

* Ceylone, Zeyloon (obsolete)

### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /sɪˈlɒn/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /seɪˈlɑn/, /siˈlɑn/
* Rhymes: (UK) -ɒn, (US) -ɑn

### Proper noun

Ceylon
* (archaic, historical) Sri Lanka [prior to 1972].
** 2021 June 30, David Clough, “Brush: a UK rail icon”, in RAIL, number 934, page 55: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.
* (very rare) A male given name transferred from the place name.
* (computer languages) An object-oriented, strongly statically typed programming language with an emphasis on immutability.

#### Usage notes

* The country name Ceylon is generally considered archaic, having been replaced by Sri Lanka, but it is still used in some contexts; see usage notes for Sri Lanka.

#### Derived terms

* Ceylonese
* Ceylon gooseberry
* Ceylon ironwood

#### Translations
### Noun

Ceylon (countable and uncountable, plural Ceylons)
* Tea produced in Sri Lanka.

### See also

* Names of Sri Lanka

### Anagrams

* Cloyne, Conley

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English Ceylon, from Portuguese Ceilão.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsei̯lon/, [ˈs̠e̞i̯lo̞n]
* Rhymes: -eilon

### Proper noun

Ceylon
* (historical) Ceylon (former name of the island and state of Sri Lanka)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Ceylon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ceylonini
accusative
nom.
Ceylonini
gen.
Ceylonini
genitive
Ceylonini
partitive
Ceyloniani
inessive
Ceylonissani
elative
Ceylonistani
illative
Ceyloniini
adessive
Ceylonillani
ablative
Ceyloniltani
allative
Ceylonilleni
essive
Ceyloninani
translative
Ceylonikseni
abessive
Ceylonittani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ceylonisi
accusative
nom.
Ceylonisi
gen.
Ceylonisi
genitive
Ceylonisi
partitive
Ceyloniasi
inessive
Ceylonissasi
elative
Ceylonistasi
illative
Ceyloniisi
adessive
Ceylonillasi
ablative
Ceyloniltasi
allative
Ceylonillesi
essive
Ceyloninasi
translative
Ceyloniksesi
abessive
Ceylonittasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ceylonimme
accusative
nom.
Ceylonimme
gen.
Ceylonimme
genitive
Ceylonimme
partitive
Ceyloniamme
inessive
Ceylonissamme
elative
Ceylonistamme
illative
Ceyloniimme
adessive
Ceylonillamme
ablative
Ceyloniltamme
allative
Ceylonillemme
essive
Ceyloninamme
translative
Ceyloniksemme
abessive
Ceylonittamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ceyloninne
accusative
nom.
Ceyloninne
gen.
Ceyloninne
genitive
Ceyloninne
partitive
Ceylonianne
inessive
Ceylonissanne
elative
Ceylonistanne
illative
Ceyloniinne
adessive
Ceylonillanne
ablative
Ceyloniltanne
allative
Ceylonillenne
essive
Ceyloninanne
translative
Ceyloniksenne
abessive
Ceylonittanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ceyloninsa
accusative
nom.
Ceyloninsa
gen.
Ceyloninsa
genitive
Ceyloninsa
partitive
Ceyloniaan Ceyloniansa
inessive
Ceylonissaan Ceylonissansa
elative
Ceylonistaan Ceylonistansa
illative
Ceyloniinsa
adessive
Ceylonillaan Ceylonillansa
ablative
Ceyloniltaan Ceyloniltansa
allative
Ceylonilleen Ceylonillensa
essive
Ceyloninaan Ceyloninansa
translative
Ceylonikseen Ceyloniksensa
abessive
Ceylonittaan Ceylonittansa
instructive
comitative

#### Synonyms

* Sri Lanka

#### Derived terms

* ceyloninkaneli
* ceyloninmoringa
* ceyloninpalmuhiiri
* ceyloninpitkähäntäpäästäinen