Ceylon
An object-oriented, strongly statically typed programming language with an emphasis on…An object-oriented, strongly statically typed programming language with an emphasis on immutability.
Meaning
3 senses(rare)A male given name transferred from the place name.
An object-oriented, strongly statically typed programming language with an emphasis on immutability.
(archaic, historical)Former name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia .
Ceylon, Zeylon, Ceylan
Цейло́нCejlón
Цейло́нCejlón
Translations
9 languagesOrigin
Borrowed from Portuguese Ceilão, from Old French Seilan (Marco Polo), from Persian سیلان (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.
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