Ceylon (disambiguation)
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Ceylon is a name of the island of Sri Lanka. It may also refer to:
Sri Lanka
- Portuguese Ceylon (Ceilão), a Portuguese colony between 1505 and 1658
- Dutch Ceylon (Zeylan), a Dutch East India Company territory between 1640 and 1796
- British Ceylon, a British territory from 1815 to 1948
- the Dominion of Ceylon, a dominion in the British Commonwealth between 1948 and 1972
- anachronistically, the contemporary Republic of Sri Lanka[dubious ]
United States
- Ceylon, Minnesota, a city in Martin County, Minnesota, United States
- Ceylon, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
- HMS Ceylon (1808), 32-gun frigate in the Royal Navy
- HMS Ceylon (30), an 8000-ton displacement Crown Colony-class cruiser commissioned in 1943, which fought in the East Indies in World War II
- Ceylon class cruiser, a sub-class of the Crown Colony class cruisers
Food and drink
- Tea production in Sri Lanka discusses three kinds of tea referred to as Ceylon tea (black, green, and white)
- Ceylon (curry), a family of curry recipes with coconut, lemon, and a specific Ceylon curry powder
Other
- Ceylon (film), an Indian film
- Ceylon (programming language), a programming language and SDK, announced by Red Hat in 2011
See also
- Names of Sri Lanka
- Air Ceylon, the Sri Lankan national airline until 1978, then replaced by Air Lanka
- Radio Ceylon, the oldest radio station in south Asia, then replaced by Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation in 1967
- Ceylon ironwood or Mesua ferrea, a plant native to Sri Lanka
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