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This Was Ceylon Crossword Clue

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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

25%14 Famous type of tea from Sri Lanka
noun

• a type of tea that is more oxidized than oolong, green and white teas.

25%5Ceylon native
adjective

• of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the language itself

noun

• a member of the mixed Dravidian and Caucasian people of southern India and Sri Lanka

• the Dravidian language spoken since prehistoric times by the Tamil in southern India and Sri Lanka

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