Ceylon
[sɪ'lɑn]
Definition
(noun.) an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of India.
Edited by Charlene--From WordNet
Examples
- It was one of these missions which carried that cutting of the Bo Tree, of which we have already told, to Ceylon. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His journeyings in India are untraceable; he was there fourteen years, and he went all over the peninsula from Nepal to Ceylon. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- One of the best specimens tested during the entire trip around the world was found first in Ceylon, although later in Burmah, it being indigenous to the latter country. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Also to Ceylon, specially for elephants' tusks. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
Typist: Wilhelmina