Taprobana
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Tāprobana, from Ancient Greek Ταπροβάνη (Taprobánē).
Proper noun
Taprobana
- (obsolete) Sri Lanka.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ταπροβάνη (Taprobánē).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [taːˈprɔ.ba.na]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t̪aˈprɔː.ba.na]
Proper noun
Tāprobana f sg (genitive Tāprobanae); first declension
- alternative form of Tāprobanē
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Tāprobana |
| genitive | Tāprobanae |
| dative | Tāprobanae |
| accusative | Tāprobanam |
| ablative | Tāprobanā |
| vocative | Tāprobana |
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Tāprobana, from Ancient Greek Ταπροβάνη (Taprobánē).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ta.pɾoˈbɐ̃.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ta.pɾoˈbɐ.na/
- (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
- (archaic) Sri Lanka (an island ocean the Indian Ocean)
- 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, […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)