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What does Ceylon mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Ceylon? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. (archaic) Sri Lanka [prior to 1972].
  2. A male given name
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Whenever England visited Australia, Radio Ceylon relayed the live commentaries of Radio Australia.
Konnyaku is a perennial plant of the arum family, said to be indigenous to India and Ceylon.
It tastes like betel leaf, I suppose, but it goes down easily, like a glamorous form of baby porridge shipped in from the kitchens of old Ceylon.
Born in Ceylon, he has assembled the most important collection of Sri Lankan antiquities and art outside the country.
Mom and Dad get all nostalgic about Amin Sayani and Radio Ceylon, and how those were the days etc.
The Javan wart snake is found on the coastal regions of India and Ceylon, and also across the Indo-Australian islands as far as the Solomons.

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