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Ceylon
/ ²õɪˈ±ôÉ’²Ô /
noun
- the former name (until 1972) of Sri Lanka
- an island in the Indian Ocean, off the SE coast of India: consists politically of the republic of Sri Lanka. Area: 64Â 644 sq km (24Â 959 sq miles)
Ceylon
- Former name for the nation now called Sri Lanka .
Example Sentences
The other is Ceylon cinnamon, which tastes sweeter.
Flying Bird Botanicals Holiday Cheer Gift Set Four tea tins from Bellingham are boxed for gift-giving, each filled with six silken, biodegradable pyramid tea bags in Cedarwood Chai, Vanilla Rose Ceylon, Chokola and Twilight Mint.
George Maxwell Alagiah was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka - then called Ceylon - on 22 November 1955, before his family moved to Ghana in the wake of ethnic unrest.
His parents were Christian Tamils; the country, then called Ceylon, mired in ethnic violence.
It can sell petroleum products through 150 fuel stations currently operated by state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corp., and also invest in 50 new fuel stations, the ministry said.
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