Explore Ceylon through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like island or country. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Ceylon meaning
- Former name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia .
- A male given name transferred from the place name.
- An object-oriented, strongly statically typed programming language with an emphasis on immutability.
Using Ceylon
- The main meaning on this page is: Former name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia . | A male given name transferred from the place name. | An object-oriented, strongly statically typed programming language with an emphasis on immutability.
- Useful related words include: island, sri lanka, country, state.
- In the example corpus, ceylon often appears in combinations such as: the ceylon, of ceylon, ceylon cinnamon.
Context around Ceylon
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ceylon
- In this selection, "ceylon" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, radio, rose, harvesting, cinnamon, tea and electricity stand out and add context to how "ceylon" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include assam and ceylon teas are and black rose ceylon made with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ceylon" sits close to words such as achievers, acton and aether, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ceylon
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Darjeeling, Assam and Ceylon teas are different strengths of black tea. (11 words)
Harvesting Ceylon cinnamon in Sri Lanka involves a lot of handwork. (11 words)
The finalists were the Spice Girls, Smith Queens, and Taste of Ceylon. (12 words)
Being hosted by the national broadcaster of Ceylon owned by the Ceylonese government, and that too to broadcast a genre of songs and music self-consciously banned by the Government of India on its own airwaves was quite a bold decision. (41 words)
Historian K. M. de Silva has stated that the refusal of the Ceylon Tamils to accept minority status is one of the main causes of the break up of the Ceylon National congress. de Silva, K. M. History of Ceylon. (40 words)
So there I am, in Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, at about 3 o'clock in the morning, looking for one thousand brown M&Ms to fill a brandy glass, or Ozzy wouldn't go on stage that night. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Historian K. M. de Silva has stated that the refusal of the Ceylon Tamils to accept minority status is one of the main causes of the break up of the Ceylon National congress. de Silva, K. M. History of Ceylon.
Next, I tasted the Black Rose Ceylon, made with Ceylon tea from Sri Lanka, rose petals and rose hips.
A later definition of the Burgher people of Ceylon was handed down in 1883 by the Chief Justice of Ceylon, Sir Richard Ottley.
Darjeeling, Assam and Ceylon teas are different strengths of black tea.
The Red Sugar Menstrual Ginger Milk Tea is made with Ceylon red tea, while the Red Sugar Menstrual Ginger Infusion is made with ginger water.
Ceylon Tea is grown exclusively in Sri Lanka The restaurant is open from Tuesday to Saturday, 12pm - 10pm.
Genuine cinnamon, or Ceylon cinnamon, comes from the inner bark of the Cinnamomum verum tree.
Harvesting Ceylon cinnamon in Sri Lanka involves a lot of handwork.
He had to record the tapes and send them to Radio Ceylon (a radio station based out of Sri Lanka).
So there I am, in Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, at about 3 o'clock in the morning, looking for one thousand brown M&Ms to fill a brandy glass, or Ozzy wouldn't go on stage that night.
The concoction, made up of lemon juice, apple cider vinegar, ginger, ceylon cinnamon, turmeric, black pepper, raw honey, and vanilla extract, is packed with ingredients celebrated for their diverse health benefits.
The finalists were the Spice Girls, Smith Queens, and Taste of Ceylon.
Air defense was another problem: the British had three squadrons of Hawker Hurricanes and three more of Fulmars to defend Ceylon.
Being hosted by the national broadcaster of Ceylon owned by the Ceylonese government, and that too to broadcast a genre of songs and music self-consciously banned by the Government of India on its own airwaves was quite a bold decision.
Ceylon Electricity Board Chairman Vijitha Herath speaking to News 1st said least-cost methods are being adopted to obtain electricity to restore the supply of electricity to the country.
Ceylon Graphite cautions the reader that the above list of risk factors is not exhaustive.
The transnational significance of the Radio Ceylon mapped a popular soundscape of South Asia.
Gandhiji was so impressed by all-pervasive Indian influence that he referred to Ceylon as “India’s daughter state”.
They alleged that they were innocent and claimed that their detention went against the Indo-Ceylon Agreement (Implementation) Act, 1967.
This was organized by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to seek blessings to end the prevailing power crisis.
Common combinations with ceylon
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the ceylon 15×
- of ceylon 11×
- ceylon cinnamon 5×
- radio ceylon 5×
- ceylon electricity 5×
- to ceylon 5×
- and ceylon 4×
- ceylon chamber 4×
- ceylon national 3×
- ceylon tea 3×