Ceylon

Meaning

1. A male given name transferred from the place name.
2. An object-oriented, strongly statically typed programming language with an emphasis on immutability.
3. Tea produced in Sri Lanka.
4. Former name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia .

Etymology / origin

Borrowed from Portuguese Ceilão, from Old French Seilan (Marco Polo), from Persian سیلان (saylān), ultimately from Pali sīhaḷa, from Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala). Doublet of Sinhala.

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