Adrift in the Indian Ocean, this nation's closest neighbor is India. Name this country, formerly known as Ceylon.

Separated from India by the Palk Strait, Sri Lanka was once called Ceylon by European mapmakers. The country of tea and cinnamon is so close to its neighbor that it's called "the teardrop of India".

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