British Ceylon (Sinhala: බ්රිතාන්ය ලංකාව, romanized: Britānya Laṃkāva; Tamil: பிரித்தானிய இலங்கை, romanized: Biritthāṉiya Ilaṅkai), officially British...
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Ceylon was an independent country in the Commonwealth of Nations from 1948 to 1972, that shared a monarch with other dominions of the Commonwealth. In...
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The Song of Ceylon is a 1934 British documentary film directed by Basil Wright and produced by John Grierson for the Ceylon Tea Propaganda Board. The...
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Ceylon tea is both the brand of tea which is produced in Sri Lanka and a historic term describing tea from that land. Ceylon tea has been described as...
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name HMS Ceylon, after the former British colony of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. Two ships taken up from trade were also named Ceylon: HMS Ceylon was a 38-gun...
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Look up Ceylon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ceylon was the English name applied to the South Asian island nation of Sri Lanka until it repudiated...
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Dutch Ceylon (Sinhala: ලන්දේසි ලංකාව; Tamil: ஒல்லாந்த இலங்கை) was a governorate established in present-day Sri Lanka by the Dutch East India Company. Although...
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Portuguese Ceylon (1551–1594) List of governors of Portuguese Ceylon (1594–1658) List of governors of Dutch Ceylon (1640–1796) Governors of British Ceylon (1798–1948)...
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Cargills (Ceylon) PLC is a Sri Lankan consumer company which is listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange. It is a market leader in the Modern Retail (supermarkets)...
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Portuguese Ceylon (Portuguese: Ceilão Português; Sinhala: පෘතුගීසි ලංකාව; Tamil: போர்த்துக்கேய இலங்கை) is the name given to the territory on Ceylon, modern-day...
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Flag of Sri Lanka (redirect from Flag of Ceylon)
flag, c. 1798–1815 British Ceylon period Historical flags of Sri Lanka Flag of British Ceylon, 1815–1875 Flag of British Ceylon, 1875–1948 Sri Lanka (since...
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Ceylon (/ˈseɪlɒn/) is a city in Martin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 303 at the 2020 census, down from 369 in 2010. Ceylon was...
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Bank of Ceylon (BOC; Sinhala: ලංකා බැංකුව Lanka Bænkuwa, Tamil: இலங்கை வங்கி Ilangai Vangi) is a state-owned, major commercial bank in Sri Lanka. Its head...
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Sri Lankan Tamils (redirect from Ceylon tamil)
(Tamil: இலங்கை தமிழர், ilankai tamiḻar or ஈழத் தமிழர், īḻat tamiḻar), also known as Ceylon Tamils or Eelam Tamils, are Tamils native to the South Asian island state...
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Ceylon spinach is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Basella alba, native to tropical Asia and Africa This page is an index of articles...
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of Education, Sri Lanka. Central Bank of Ceylon Armorial Ensign of Sri Lanka – 1977. Central Bank of Ceylon Sri Lanka Emblem Archived 25 February 2021...
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Ceylon was an object-oriented, strongly statically typed programming language with an emphasis on immutability, created by Red Hat. Ceylon programs run...
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The University of Ceylon was the only university in Sri Lanka (earlier Ceylon) from 1942 until 1972. It had several constituent campuses at various locations...
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Ceylon Today is an English language Sri Lankan daily newspaper published by Ceylon Newspapers (Private) Limited. It was founded in 2011 and is published...
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Diospyros ebenum (redirect from Ceylon Ebony)
Ceylon ebony or Diospyros ebenum (Sinhala: කළුවර Kaluwara) (Tamil: கருங்காலி Karungaali), is a species of tree in the genus Diospyros and the family Ebenaceae...
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Colombo (redirect from Colombo, Ceylon)
made Colombo the capital of their newly created crown colony of British Ceylon. Unlike the Portuguese and Dutch before them, whose primary use of Colombo...
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Sri Lanka Railways (redirect from Ceylon Government Railway)
negotiations the Ceylon Railway Company was established in 1845, under the chair of Philip Anstruther, Colonial Secretary of Ceylon, to build the colony's...
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Radio Ceylon (Sinhala: ලංකා ගුවන් විදුලි සේවය Lanka Guwan Viduli Sevaya, Tamil: இலங்கை வானொலி, ilankai vanoli) is a radio station based in Sri Lanka (formerly...
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Sri Lanka wood pigeon (redirect from Ceylon Wood Pigeon)
The Sri Lankan wood pigeon or Ceylon wood pigeon (Columba torringtoniae) is a pigeon which is an endemic resident breeding bird in the mountains of Sri...
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Sri Lanka bush warbler (redirect from Ceylon Bush Warbler)
The Sri Lanka bush warbler (Elaphrornis palliseri), also known as Ceylon bush warbler or Palliser's warbler, is an Old World warbler which is an endemic...
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Queen of Ceylon is a title that may refer to: the head of state of Ceylon from 1952 to 1972 Elizabeth II, the only person to hold this position; between...
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HMS Ceylon was a Fiji-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was of the Ceylon sub class, named after the island and British colony of Ceylon (now...
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History of Sri Lanka (redirect from Ancient Ceylon)
Ceylon and Hollanders 1658–1796. (American Ceylon Mission Press, 1918). Pieris, Paulus Edward, Ceylon and the Portuguese 1505–1658. (American Ceylon Mission...
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The governor of Ceylon was the representative in Ceylon of the British Crown from 1795 to 1948. In this capacity, the governor was president of the Executive...
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