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What is the modern name of Ceylon?
In 1972 the island of Ceylon changed it's name to Sri Lanka
What is the teardrop island and what is its former name?
The Teardrop Island is Sri Lanka. Its former name was Ceylon, which was changed to Sri Lanka in 1972. It is a country situated in the northern Indian Ocean.
What is the name of ceylon as of 1972?
Sri Lanka.
Which country was once called Ceylon until it became a republic?
Ceylon was Sri Lanka's old name before it became a republic.
What island was found and conquered by the Portuguese in 1505 and was also an adbundant source of cinnamon?
Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
What country was known as ceylon until 1972?
It was actually in 1972, that Ceylon changed its name to Sri Lanka.
What is the modern name of Ceylon?
In 1972 the island of Ceylon changed it's name to Sri Lanka
Sri lanka was formerly known as what?
Ceylon, it changed to Sri Lanka in 1972
The date when Ceylon changed its name to Sri Lanka?
May 22nd. 1972
Which country completely changed its name after world war 1?
Ceylon. Became Taiwan.
What was sri lankas name before it was sri lankas?
Ceylon was the former name of Sri Lanka, It was changed in 1972.
Who named ceylon ceylon?
Ceylon is the old name. it gave by english.
What is old name of sirilanka?
Some of the old names of Sri Lanka are Serendib & Ceylon
What is a CEYLON?
Ceylon is an old name for the nation of Sri Lanka. Ceylon was renamed Sri Lanka when it became a republic in 1972.
What is the teardrop island and what is its former name?
The Teardrop Island is Sri Lanka. Its former name was Ceylon, which was changed to Sri Lanka in 1972. It is a country situated in the northern Indian Ocean.
What is Lanka old name?
There were many names. In British period, It was called Ceylon
What was Sri Lanka known as before 1970?
Sri Lanka had a myriad of names Greek geographers named is Taprobane. Arabs named it Serendip (translated to serendepity). Ceilão was the name given to Sri Lanka by the Portuguese when they arrived on the island in 1505, which was transliterated into English as Ceylon. Ceylon is the primary name Sri Lanka was called before its independence. It was called Thambapanni by the first sri lankan king. Thambapanni means yellow sand.
