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Etymology
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”). Doublet of Ceylon.
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.
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