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At the outset of the 6th century BC, Sri Lanka was known as Silam, [1] [2] from the Pali Sihalam [2] (or Simhalam, [3] Sihalan, [4] Sihala [5]). It became Saylan mentioned from the 9th century. [6] It was transcribed as Ceilão by the Portuguese in 1505, later in English as Ceylon.
It is commonly known as Ceylon ironwood, cobra's saffron, Indian rose chestnut, ironwood tree, ... Urdu− नर्मिश्क, Narmishka; Tamil− Tadinangu, ...
This article attempts to give all known alternative names and initialisms for all nations, countries, and sovereign states, in English and any predominant or official languages of the country in question. Countries are listed alphabetically by their description, the most common name or term that is politically neutral and unambiguous. This may ...
Basella alba is known by common names including Malabar spinach, vine spinach, Ceylon spinach and Indian spinach. [2] [3] Description
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.
Mesua ferrea, the Ceylon ironwood, or cobra saffron, [2] is a species in the family Calophyllaceae native to the Indomalayan realm. This slow-growing tree is named after the heaviness and hardness of its timber .
Sri Lanka, [c] historically known as Ceylon, [d] and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian peninsula by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait.
Sri Lanka, formerly called Ceylon, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, southeast of the Indian subcontinent, in a strategic location near major sea lanes. [1] The nation has a total area of 65,610 square kilometres (25,330 sq mi), with 64,630 square kilometres (24,950 sq mi) of land and 980 square kilometres (380 sq mi) of water. [1]