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Noun: Ceylon  si'lón
  1. An island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of India
     
  2. [archaic] A republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948
    - Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

See also: Ceylonese

Type of: country, island, land, state

Part of: British Commonwealth, Commonwealth, Commonwealth of Nations, Indian Ocean

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