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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of India;

2. a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948;
[syn: Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ceylon]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ceylon \Ceylon\ n. the former name of an island republic in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of India, now called Sri Lanka. It is an independent nation with an area of 25,332 sq. mi. and a population of about 14 million people. Syn: Sri Lanka. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Ceylon n 1: an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of India 2: a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948 [syn: Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ceylon]
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Ceylon, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota Population (2000): 413 Housing Units (2000): 189 Land area (2000): 0.649591 sq. miles (1.682432 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.649591 sq. miles (1.682432 sq. km) FIPS code: 10792 Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27 Location: 43.532827 N, 94.633684 W ZIP Codes (1990): 56121 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Ceylon, MN Ceylon