Taprobana

English

Alternative forms

• Taprobane, Trapobana

Proper noun

Taprobana

1. (obsolete) Sri Lanka.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.pɾoˈbɐ̃.nɐ/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ.pɾuˈbɐ.nɐ/ [tɐ.pɾuˈβɐ.nɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ.pɾuˈbɐ.nɐ/ [tɐ.pɾuˈβɐ.nɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ.pɾuˈba.nɐ/ [tɐ.pɾuˈβa.nɐ]

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

Proper noun

Taprobana f

1. (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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