Ceilan

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Ceilão, from Old French Seilan (Marco Polo), probably a back-formation from Arabic سَرَنْدِيب (sarandīb), from Persian سرندیپ (sarandip), from Prakrit *𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀮𑀤𑀻𑀯 (*sīhaladīva), from Sanskrit सिंहलद्वीप (siṃhaladvīpa).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ceilan m

  1. (archaic, historical) Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia)

Derived terms

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