Ceylon (disambiguation)

Ceylon (disambiguation)

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:

Contents

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

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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