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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səjˈlan]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [sejˈlan]

Proper noun

Ceilan m

1. (archaic, historical) Sri Lanka [prior to 1972]

Derived terms

• ceilan
• ceilanès
• ceilanita
• espinac de Ceilan