adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to Ceylon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Ceylonese
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Sound
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noun
Meaning 2
A native of Ceylon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
of or relating to Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) or its people or culture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Sri Lankan beaches
- Sri Lankan forces fighting the Sinhalese rebels
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Sri Lankan
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Ceylon + -ese.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: ceilandés — of Ceylon
- Czech: cejlonský — of Ceylon
- Dutch: Ceylonees — of Ceylon
- Finnish: Ceylonin — of Ceylon
- Hindi: सिंहली (sĩhlī) — of Ceylon
- Malay: Sailan — of Ceylon
- Malay: Selan — of Ceylon
- Spanish: ceilandés — of Ceylon
- Spanish: ceilanés — of Ceylon
- Asturian: ceilandés — native of Ceylon
- Asturian: ceilandesa — native of Ceylon
- Czech: Cejloňan — native of Ceylon
- Dutch: Ceylonees — native of Ceylon
- Dutch: Ceylonese — native of Ceylon
- Hindi: सिंहली (sĩhlī) — native of Ceylon
- Spanish: ceilandés — native of Ceylon
- Spanish: ceilanés — native of Ceylon