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Serendip

Serendip is the alternative form of Serendib.

Meaning of Serendib

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

Words formed from Serendip

Questions about Serendip

What is Serendip the alternative form of?
Serendip is the alternative form of Serendib.

Words near Serendip in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Serendip (page history and authors); Serendib (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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