Cejlon

Czech

Alternative forms

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
  • Cejlon in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • Cejlon in Internetová jazyková příručka

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/
  • Audio(file)
  • 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 Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • 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
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