Ceylon (disambiguation)

Ceylon was the English name applied to the South Asian island nation of Sri Lanka until it repudiated its status as a Dominion and became a republic in 1972.

Ceylon may also refer to:

Places[edit]

Sri Lanka[edit]

Portuguese Ceylon (Ceilão), a Portuguese colony between 1505 and 1658
Dutch Ceylon (Zeylan), a Dutch East India Company territory between 1640 and 1796
British Ceylon, a British territory from 1815 to 1948
Dominion of Ceylon, a dominion in the British Commonwealth between 1948 and 1972
Jung Ceylon, the same English name was given to Jang Si Lang (modern day Phuket)

Canada[edit]

Ceylon, Saskatchewan, a village
Ceylon, Ontario, a village

United States[edit]

Ceylon, Georgia, a ghost town
Ceylon, Indiana, an unincorporated community
Ceylon, Minnesota, a city
Ceylon, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community

Philippines[edit]

Ceylon, old name of the island of Leyte in early Spanish maps

Ships[edit]

HMS Ceylon (1808), a 32-gun frigate in the Royal Navy
HMS Ceylon (30), an Fiji-class cruiser commissioned in 1943
- Ceylon-class cruiser, a sub-class of the Fiji-class cruisers

Other uses[edit]

Ceylon tea, a brand of tea which produced and packed in Sri Lanka
Ceylon (curry), a family of curry recipes
Ceylon (film), an Indian film
Ceylon (programming language), a programming language announced by Red Hat in 2011
45604 Ceylon, a British LMS Jubilee Class locomotive

People with the given name[edit]

Ceylon Manohar (c. 1944 – 2018), Tamil pop singer and actor

See also[edit]

Air Ceylon, the Sri Lankan national airline until 1978, then replaced by Air Lanka
Ceylon ironwood or Mesua ferrea, a plant native to Sri Lanka
Names of Sri Lanka
Radio Ceylon, the oldest radio station in south Asia, then replaced by Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation in 1967

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