ceylonese

1. 1.

   of or relating to Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) or its people or culture

   “Sri Lankan beaches”

   “Sri Lankan forces fighting the Sinhalese rebels”

   SynonymsSri Lankan

Questions about ceylonese

What does ceylonese mean?

ceylonese means "of or relating to Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) or its people or culture".

How many syllables are in ceylonese?

ceylonese has 3 syllables: cey-lo-nese. The stress falls on "cey".

What is another word for ceylonese?

Close synonyms include Sri Lankan. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ceylonese a common word?

ceylonese is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.