Country Once Known As Ceylon Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 11, 2023

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	noun • a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948 • an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of India
	49%	3		____ Lanka, country once known as Ceylon
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	34%	8		Also known as the Ceylon gooseberry
	noun • small genus of sometimes spiny shrubs or small trees; Africa; India; Sri Lanka

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New York Times21 Jan 2019	Down 7
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