Zeylan
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Zeylan | |
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ලංකාව | |
Capital | Kolamba |
Largest City | Kolamba |
Government Type | Constitutional diarchy |
Languages | Sinhalese (official) Dutch (official) Creole Tamil Malayalam |
Currency | Guilder |
Zeylan (Sinhalese: ලංකාව Lankava, Tamil: ஈழம் Ijlam) is a teardrop-shaped island nation in southern Asia. It is a constitutional diarchy, having the Dutch monarch (as a constituent of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) and the Kandyan monarch as joint heads of state.