What is your preferred name for our country? Sri Lanka or Ceylon

[sameira]

What is your preferred name for our country?

Personally I prefer Ceylon!

 

[dayt0na]

Zlanka is a futuristic name.

 

[UnlimitedBB]

I feel that we were developing rapidly and was a self sufficient (compared to now) nation when it was "Ceylon"

 

[Emios]

Anatha

 

[Oli_Vili]

ඉන්දීය සාගරේ අමුතු ඇටේ

මේකේ ඉන්න එවුන් කරන වැඩ , කියන කථා , හිතන විදිය , අනුව ගැලපෙනම නම ඒක තමයි

මම නම් කැමති සිංහලේ කියනවනම්

 

[Harsh7046]

Ceylon

 

[LazyLizard]

Ceylon කාලේ කොහොමද මනුස්සයො good old days වෙන්නෙ

 

[TommyJ]

Personally prefer Ceylon.

සිලෝන් ටිකක් මතක හිටින නමක්. කියවන්න ලේසියි. නිකමට හිතන්න Ceylonian කියල කිව්වොත්. පොඩී ඒලියන් ලයින් එකක් එනව. ඒකට මම කැමති

 

[ruchira55]

සිව් හෙළය

 

[RLT4U]

Ceylon

 

[kasunacrox]

I prefer Ceylon.. And If the government is going to change the constitution, the name and the national anthem should be changed.. Both are bad..

 

[TommyJ]

I prefer Ceylon.. And If the government is going to change the constitution, the name and the national anthem should be changed.. Both are bad..

Jathika Giiye Namo Namo kellata indian karayoth bite eka danawa. Maladiwayin eka Amaradewa hedulwa wage Amaradewatama kiyala ape eka hadaganna thibba

 

[kasunacrox]

na machan jaathika geeye balapan theruma aran.. okkoma sri lanka mathawagen ne illanne.. nikan deepan okkoma kiyala.. hari nan idea eka wenna ona api sri lankawa ape mahansiyen udata genawa wage deyak ne.. oya wage gon sinduwak nithara nithara ahenakota kiyanakota wenne minissu saha rata enna enna pirihena eka..

 

[imhotep]

"Towards futuristic prosperity".... Keep on dreaming

Reminds me of an old story. I forget the greater details but the gist of it as follows. Old JRJ met Lord Sakra and was given the chance to ask a question. JRJ apparently asked "Will I be able to make SriLanka prosperous within my lifetime"
Sakra started crying... Then JR questioned "What's wrong. Did I upset you my Lord?"
Sakra replied saying that " I had to cry - just because it will NOT even happen within my lifetime"

Anyway the proper name should be "Slave Island" - at least that reflects the majority. The only way towards prosperity is to come out of slave mentality. Sadly, that's another dream.

 

[Dharatha]

Ceylon is a well known global brand frm early 1900’s..Ceylon as a brand has more history than Coca Cola

 

[hichchiputha]

hihchciland

i prefer ceyloan 100%

 

[Dharatha]

Dnt knw why Srimavo changed de name frm Ceylon to Sri lanka ...clearly another dumb move initiated by Srimavo

 

[imhotep]

Ceylon is a well known global brand frm early 1900’s..Ceylon as a brand has more history than Coca Cola

Certainly Yes.. The Arabs used Serendib (Island of Rubies) and also Saheelan. From Saheelan came the other two derivations Zeylan and Seylan.
Then the British used Ceylon.

 

[sameira]

I feel that we were developing rapidly and was a self sufficient (compared to now) nation when it was "Ceylon"

True, and well-known + reputation as well. Still, we have Ceylon tea, not Sri Lankan Tea

 

[revox]

Ceylon Bump!