Cejlon

Czech

Alternative forms

• Ceylon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛjlon]

Proper noun

Cejlon m inan (related adjective cejlonský, demonym Cejloňan)

1. Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka, a country and island in South Asia)

   Synonym: Srí Lanka

Declension

Declension of Cejlon (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Cejlon
genitive	Cejlonu
dative	Cejlonu
accusative	Cejlon
vocative	Cejlone
locative	Cejlonu
instrumental	Cejlonem

Further reading

• “Ceylon”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Cejlon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Cejlon”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Ceilão, from Ancient Greek Σελεδίβα (Seledíba), from Pali sīhaḷadīva, sīeḷedīva, or from Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛj.lɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛjlɔn
• Syllabification: Cej‧lon

Proper noun

Cejlon m inan

1. Ceylon (island)

Declension

Declension of Cejlon

	singular
nominative	Cejlon
genitive	Cejlonu
dative	Cejlonowi
accusative	Cejlon
instrumental	Cejlonem
locative	Cejlonie
vocative	Cejlonie

Derived terms

adjective

• cejloński

 

nouns

• Cejlonka
• Cejlończyk

 

Further reading

• Cejlon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sějloːn/
• Hyphenation: Cej‧lon

Proper noun

Cèjlōn m (Cyrillic spelling Цѐјло̄н)

1. (uncountable) Ceylon

Declension

Declension of Cejlon

	singular
nominative	Cejlon
genitive	Cejlona
dative	Cejlonu
accusative	Cejlon
vocative	Cejlone
locative	Cejlonu
instrumental	Cejlonom