Deprobane

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ταπροβάνη (Taprobánē)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeːp.ro.bɑ.ne/

Noun

Deprobane f

1. (hapax) Sri Lanka

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Déprobane”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.