Taprobane

== English == === Proper noun === Taprobane Alternative form of Taprobana. === Anagrams === Bonaparte == Latin == === Alternative forms === Tāprobana === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ταπροβάνη (Taprobánē). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [taːˈprɔ.ba.neː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [taˈprɔː.ba.ne] === Proper noun === Tāprobanē f sg (genitive Tāprobanēs); first declension the ancient name of Sri Lanka, an island of South Asia in the Indian Ocean ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē), singular only. === References === “Taprobane”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Taprobane”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Taprobane”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly