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<p><b>Taprobana</b> (; ;;), <b>Trapobana</b>, and <b>Taprobane</b> (<i>?????????</i>, <i>?????????</i>) was the name by which the Indian Ocean island of <a href="page.php?w=Sri_Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> was known to the <a href="page.php?w=Ancient_Greece">ancient Greeks</a>.</p>

<p>Tabrobane is suggested to be derived from <a href="page.php?w=Tamil_language">Tamil</a> "<a href="page.php?w=Tamraparni">Tamraparni</a>". This name could be a reference to the "copper colored" shores of Sri Lanka, and may have entered Greek via the <a href="page.php?w=Pali_language">Pali</a></p><p>
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