Taprobana
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thumb|200px|Ptolemy's Taprobane thumb|200px|Ptolemy's Taprobana as published in Cosmographia Claudii Ptolomaei Alexandrini, 1535Taprobana (; ), Trapobana, and Taprobane (, ) was the name by which the Indian Ocean island of Sri Lanka was known to the ancient Greeks.
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thumb|200px|Ptolemy's Taprobane thumb|200px|Ptolemy's Taprobana as published in Cosmographia Claudii Ptolomaei Alexandrini, 1535Taprobana (; ), Trapobana, and Taprobane (, ) was the name by which the Indian Ocean island of Sri Lanka was known to the ancient Greeks.
Tabrobane is suggested to be derived from Sanskrit "Tamraparni". This name could be a reference to the "copper colored" shores of Sri Lanka, and may have entered Greek via the Pali "Tambapanni".