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”); dīpa (“island”) in Pali and Sinhala and द्वीप (dvīpa, “island”) in Sanskrit.
Proper noun
Serendib
- 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.
- 2003 Brigitte. Ellemor, Richard Plunkett, Verity Campbell - Sri Lanka
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