Ceylon
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of India
Types & categories
- island instance hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Indian Ocean part holonym
Sense 2 noun
a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948
Types & categories
- country instance hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Sinhalese member meronym
- Sri Lankan member meronym
- Colombo part meronym
- Kandy part meronym
- Eelam part meronym
- Adam's Peak part meronym
Related & opposite
- Sri Lankan derivation
- Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam has domain region
- Hinduism has domain region
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | Indian Ocean |
| 1 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | island |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | Sri Lankan |
| 2 | has domain region | Related & opposite | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam |
| 2 | has domain region | Related & opposite | Hinduism |
| 2 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | Sinhalese |
| 2 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | Sri Lankan |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Colombo |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Kandy |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Eelam |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Adam's Peak |
| 2 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | country |