The former name (until 1972) of Sri Lanka Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CEYLON The former name (until 1972) of Sri Lanka (6)
7% TAMIL Language of Sri Lanka (5) Wall Street Journal Dec 13, 2025
7% TEA Sri Lanka export (3) Newsday Oct 23, 2025
6% LION Animal on Sri Lanka's flag (4) LA Times Daily Oct 25, 2025
6% COLOMBO Capital of Sri Lanka (7) (7) Mirror Quiz Oct 20, 2025
6% SERENDIP Former name of Sri Lanka (8) Newsday Sep 25, 2015
5% SRI -- Lanka (3) Thomas Joseph Dec 18, 2025
5% LANKA Sri ___ (5) USA Today Nov 12, 2025
5% EDO Tokyo's former name (3) Wall Street Journal Nov 4, 2025
5% SALOP Former name of Shropshire (5) The Times Specialist Nov 3, 2025
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