# Ceylon

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /sɪˈlɒn/ · frequency rank #21,744

## Definitions
1. Former name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia .
2. A male given name transferred from the place name.
3. An object-oriented, strongly statically typed programming language with an emphasis on immutability.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Ceilão, from Old French Seilan (Marco Polo), from Persian سیلان (saylān), ultimately from Pali sīhaḷa, from Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala). Doublet of Sinhala.

## Easily confused with
- **colon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceylon-vs-colon)
- **Conlon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceylon-vs-conlon)
- **cello** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cello-vs-ceylon)

## Common misspellings (9)
`cceylon`, `celyon`, `ceyllon`, `ceylno`, `ceylonn`, `ceyoln`, `ceyylon`, `cyelon`, `ecylon`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ceylon