Serendib

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Etymology

From Arabic سِرَانْدِيب‎ (sirāndīb), from Persian سراندیپ‎ (serândip), from Pali Sīhaḷadīpa and Sanskrit सिंहलद्वीप (siṃhaladvīpa, “island of the Sinhala people”). See Sīhaḷa (“Sri Lanka”), dīpa (“island”) in Pali; and सिंहल (siṃhala, “Sri Lanka”), द्वीप (dvīpa, “island”) in Sanskrit.

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Serendib

  1. An ancient name of Ceylon or Sri Lanka.
    • 2003 Brigitte. Ellemor, Richard Plunkett, Verity Campbell - Sri Lanka
      His last two journeys were to Sri Lanka, or Serendib as Arab mariners knew it.

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