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Example sentences for: ceylon

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Sanskrit was governed by verticals, but its sharp grid features were not possible in Ceylon.
He died in 1942, when a ship on which he was being transported to British Ceylon was torpedoed by the Japanese.
Serendipity was coined by Horace Walpole from the fairy tale, The Three Princes of Serendip (the ancient name for Ceylon), who often set sail for one destination and found something even better, by fortunate accident.
If the filmic possibilities aren't yet clear, we should begin with Minor's birth in Ceylon in June 1834, the child of New England missionaries.