Ceylon

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ceylon \Ceylon\ n.
     the former name of an island republic in the Indian Ocean off
     the southeast coast of India, now called {Sri Lanka}. It is
     an independent nation with an area of 25,332 sq. mi. and a
     population of about 14 million people.
  


     Syn: Sri Lanka.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Ceylon
       n 1: an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of
            India
       2: a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of
          the United Kingdom in 1948 [syn: {Sri Lanka}, {Democratic
          Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Ceylon, MN (city, FIPS 10792)
    Location: 43.53186 N, 94.63200 W
    Population (1990): 461 (200 housing units)
    Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 56121

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Ceylon, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
     Population (2000):    413
     Housing Units (2000): 189
     Land area (2000):     0.649591 sq. miles (1.682432 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.649591 sq. miles (1.682432 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            10792
     Located within:       Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
     Location:             43.532827 N, 94.633684 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     56121
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Ceylon, MN
      Ceylon