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Ceylon

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sri lankanounAn island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India. Official name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Capital: Colombo.

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sri lankanounAn island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India. Official name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Capital: Colombo.
tinnoun(uncountable) A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.
elsienounA female given name from Hebrew.
sik(Australia, slang) Alternative form of sick (“cool, excellent”). [(less common in the UK and Ireland) In poor health; ill.]
ilamnounA city in Iran, the seat of Ilam County's Central District and the capital of Ilam Province.
srilankanoun
serendibnounAn ancient name of Ceylon or Sri Lanka.
taprobanenounAlternative form of Taprobana. [(obsolete) Sri Lanka.]
lankanoun(informal, abbreviation) Sri Lanka.
silannoun
ceylannoun
sinhalanounSynonym of Sinhalese (“language”).
eelamEelam (īḻam, , also spelled Eezham, Ilam or Izham in English) is the native Tamil name for the South Asian island now known as Sri Lanka.
seychenounClipping of Seychelles. [An archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean. Official name: Republic of Seychelles.]
east-indiesnounArchaic spelling of East Indies. [Southeast Asia, especially Island Southeast Asia or Indonesia, but also including India, Indochina, Malaya and the Malay Archipelago, from the Philippines to Indonesia.]
seychellesnounAn archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean. Official name: Republic of Seychelles.
sincaporenounArchaic form of Singapore. [An island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony and state of Malaysia (1963-1965). Official name: Republic of Singapore.]
south asianounA geographic region of Asia, comprising all the countries of the Indian subcontinent (principally India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan) and the Indian Ocean (principally Sri Lanka, Maldives).
mahawelinounA river in Sri Lanka.
s.s.noun(law) Abbreviation of steamship. [A ship or vessel propelled by steam power.]

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