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Colombo's land

• India's teardrop

• Ceylon today

• Ceylon, now

• Ceylon's current name

• Colombo's country

• Country that styles itself a democratic socialist republic

• Indian Ocean island

• Indian Ocean nation

• Island republic once called Serendip

• It means resplendent land in Sinhalese

• Land of Colombo

• Land once known as Serendip

• Literally, resplendent land

• Setting for Elephant Walk (1954)

• Sinhalese is its official language

• Tea producer

• Where Arthur C. Clarke lives

• Where rupees are spent