Ceylon (sɪˈlɒn) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the former name (until 1972) of Sri Lanka |
| 2. | an island in the Indian Ocean, off the SE coast of India: consists politically of the republic of Sri Lanka. Area: 64 644 sq km (24 959 sq miles) |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |