Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ceylon

2 senses of ceylon

Sense 1
Ceylon -- (an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of India)
       INSTANCE OF=> island -- (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Sense 2
Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ceylon -- (a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948)
       INSTANCE OF=> country, state, land -- (the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries")