Taprobana

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English

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Taprobana

Alternative forms

Taprobane, Trapobana

Proper noun

Taprobana

(obsolete) Sri Lanka.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.pɾoˈbɐ̃.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.pɾoˈbɐ.na/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ.pɾuˈbɐ.nɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ.pɾuˈba.nɐ/

Rhymes: -ɐnɐ
Hyphenation: Ta‧pro‧ba‧na

Proper noun

Taprobana f

(archaic) Sri Lanka (an island ocean the Indian Ocean)
Synonyms: Ceilão, Sri Lanka
- 1572, Luís de Camões, Os Lusíadas, First Canto:
  As armas, & os barões aßinalados, / Que da Occidental praya Luſitana, / Por mares nunca de antes nauegados, / Paſſaram, ainda alem da Taprobana, […]
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