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CEYLON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of India
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Holonyms ("Ceylon" is a part of...):
Indian Ocean (the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948
Synonyms:
Ceylon; Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)
Meronyms (parts of "Ceylon"):
capital of Sri Lanka; Colombo (the capital and largest city of Sri Lanka; has one of the largest harbors in the world; is located on the western coast of the island of Ceylon)
Kandy (a city of central Sri Lanka that was the last capital of the ancient kings of Ceylon; a resort and religious center)
Eelam; Tamil Eelam (the independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for)
Adam's Peak; Samanala (a mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high))
Meronyms (members of "Ceylon"):
Singhalese; Sinhalese; Sri Lankan (a native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka)
Domain member region:
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam; LTTE; Tamil Tigers; Tigers; World Tamil Association; World Tamil Movement (a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel)
Hindooism; Hinduism (the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal)
