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Serendib

Serendib proper noun: an ancient name of Ceylon or Sri Lanka.

Proper noun

Serendib

  1. An ancient name of Ceylon or 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

Forms of Serendib

alternative formSerendip

Origin of Serendib

From Arabic سَرَنْدِيب (sarandīb), from Persian سرندیپ (sarandip), from Prakrit *𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀮𑀤𑀻𑀯 (*sīhaladīva) or Sanskrit सिंहलद्वीप (siṃhaladvīpa, “island of the Sinhala people”). See सिंहल (siṃhala, “Sri Lanka”), द्वीप (dvīpa, “island”). Related to Ceylon.

Words formed from Serendib

Questions about Serendib

What does Serendib mean?
Serendib means an ancient name of Ceylon or Sri Lanka.
What part of speech is Serendib?
Serendib is a proper noun.

Words near Serendib in the dictionary

  1. serenated
  2. serenates
  3. serenating
  4. serenda
  5. serendas
  6. Serendib
  7. serendibite
  8. Serendip
  9. serendipities
  10. serendipitist
  11. serendipitists

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