Crossword-Solution: CEYLON 6 letters, 36 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 11

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CEYLON anagram CLOYNE, CONLEY

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Sri Lanka's old name 1 answer
Independence-gainer of 1948 1 answer
MAHAVAMSA, subject of the 1 answer
Mountbatten's island base. 1 answer
Orange pekoe source, formerly 1 answer
PEAR-shaped island 1 answer
Sri Lanka once 1 answer
Sri Lanka former name 1 answer
Sri Lanka's former name 1 answer
Island once called Serendip, source of the word "serendipity" 1 answer
Sri Lanka, at one time 1 answer
Sri Lanka, formerly 1 answer
Sri Lanka, previously 1 answer
TANK civilisation country 1 answer
Where Colombo is. 1 answer
Where Kandy is. 1 answer
formerly Sri Lanka capital 1 answer
Former name of Colombo's country 1 answer
Erstwhile Sri Lanka 1 answer
Crown colony until 1948 1 answer
Colombo's country, formerly 1 answer
British crown colony from 1802 to 1948 1 answer
British colony until 1948 1 answer
BRITISH Crown colony, former 1 answer
Former name of Sri Lanka 2 answers
SLOTH bear country 2 answers
Colombo is its capital. 2 answers
COLOMBO 6 answers
XAVIER (Saint Francis), country visited by 9 answers
A BRITISH COLONY CONTROLLED BY THE BRITISH CROWN 10 answers
A BRITISH COLONY CONTROLLED BY THE BRITISH CROWN, REPRESENTED BY A GOVERNOR 10 answers
COLOMBO LOCALE 10 answers
ABORIGINE SRI LANKA 11 answers
AN ISLAND IN THE INDIAN OCEAN OFF THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST OF INDIA 11 answers
BRITISH colony, former 15 answers
INDIAN Ocean island(s) 36 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
REETA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with CEYLON (5)

The _Nautilus_, having returned during the night up the western coast of Ceylon, was now west of the bay, or rather gulf, formed by the mainland and the Island of Manaar.
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea Jules Verne 1994
About my coming to Europe, I get more and more doubtful, and rather incline to Ceylon again as place of meeting.
Vailima Letters Robert Louis Stevenson 2013
When I first met the Captain," Clay continued, gleefully, and quite unmindful of the other's continued silence, "he was starting off to rescue Arabi Pasha from the island of Ceylon.
Soldiers of Fortune Richard Harding Davis 1996
For the lake in Ceylon arising from the tears of Adam and Eve, see variants of the original legend in Mandeville and in Jurgen Andersen, Reisebeschreibung, 1669, vol.
History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom Andrew Dickson White 1996
But when his access of fury was over, and he thought of it, he shrugged his shoulders and said: "All the better for her, if it amuses her!" Then he bought Baron Silberstein's yacht, and with some friends, got up a cruise to Ceylon and India.
Selected Writings of Guy de Maupassant Guy de Maupassant 1996

Quotes with CEYLON (3)

If he were allowed contact with foreigners he would discover that they are creatures similar to himself and that most of what he has been told about them is lies. The sealed world in which he lives would be broken, and the fear, hatred, and self-righteousness on which his morale depends might evaporate. It is therefore realized on all sides that however ofter Persia, or Egypt, or Java, or Ceylon may change hands, the main frontiers must never be crossed by anything except bombs.
George Orwell 1984
No," he said, "look, it's very, very simple ... all I want ... is a cup of tea. You are going to make one for me. Keep quiet and listen." And he sat. He told the Nutri-Matic about India, he told it about China, he told it about Ceylon. He told it about broad leaves drying in the sun. He told it about silver teapots. He told it about summer afternoons on the lawn. He told it about putting in the milk before the tea so it wouldn't get scalded. He even told it (briefly) about th…
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A traditional Englishman drinks tea to the point where his blood has long-since been replaced with an infusion of Ceylon, Assam, and Darjeeling.
Fennel Hudson A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 32 times in crossword archives (1943–2023).