Deprobane

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ταπροβάνη (Taprobánē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeːp.ro.bɑ.ne/

Proper noun

Dēprobane f

1. (hapax legomenon) Sri Lanka

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “Déprobane”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.