Ceylon (disambiguation)

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Ceylon is the former English name given to Sri Lanka, by the British, under their occupation of the island nation in South Asia.

Ceylon may also refer to:

Geography

Sri Lanka

• Dominion of Ceylon, a dominion in the British Commonwealth between 1948 and 1972
• British Ceylon, the British occupation of Ceylon between 1815 and 1948
• Zeylan, the Dutch occupation of Sri Lanka between 1656 and 1796
• Ceilão, the Portuguese occupation of Sri Lanka between 1505 and 1658

United States

• Ceylon, Minnesota, a city in Martin County, Minnesota, United States

Naval ships

• HMS Ceylon (1808), 32-gun frigate in the Royal Navy
• HMS Ceylon (30), a 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

• 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
• Ceylon Records, record label owned by musician DeLon
• Ceylon Project, a programming language and SDK, announced by Red Hat in 2011
• Ceyon, a name for Murugan

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