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Tāprabane

(Edlǣded of Taprobane)

Taprabane is rīce and īegland be Indealandes sūðernum strande in þǣm Indiscan Gārsecge. Sēo īeg hæfþ tƿeontig þūsend þūsenda manna.

Tāprabane and his Byrige

Nama

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Tāprabane hæfþ in missenlicum gereordum mænige namen. Ealdcrēcas nemdon hīe Taprobane[1] (and Ælfred cyning geaf hire þone naman Tāpraban and Dēprobane. Þām Arabum ƿæs hēo Serendib[2]. Tō Marco Polo ƿæs hēo cūþ sƿā Seilan, and Ceilão ƿæs se nama gegifan be Portugalƿarum þā hīe cōmon to Tāprabane in þǣm 1505. gēare[3]. On NĪƿum Englisce ƿæs þæs īeglandes nama Ceylon[4].

In þǣm 1972. gēare ƿæs þæs rīces ambihtlīc nama aƿended tō "Sri Lanka" (in Sinhalisce   śrī laṃkā, IPA: [ˌʃɾiːˈlaŋkaː]. Þæs īeglandes āgnan nama is in Sinhalisce ලංකාව Laṃkāva, IPA: [laŋˈkaːʋə], and in Tamilisce இலங்கை ilaṅkai, iˈlaŋgai). "Sri Lanka" is of Sanskrit ƿorde laṃkā, þe is "boldƿelena land"[5], þe ƿæs ēac his nama in ealdre Indiscre sægene þæs "Mahabharata" and þæs "Ramayana". Sri is Sanskritisc titul of āre.

Fruman

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  1. ↑ Abeydeera, Ananda. In Search of Taprobane: the Western discovery and mapping of Ceylon. Begieten on 2007-06-04.
  2. ↑ "Sri Lanka - The Pearl of the Orient". Metropolis. Archived from the original on 2002-10-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20021027171913/http://www.metropolis.co.jp/tokyotravel/tokyoworldtravelarchive299/295/tokyoworldtravelinc.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-04. 
  3. ↑ Rajasingham, K T. "Sri Lanka: The untold story". Asia Times. Archived from the original on 2016-11-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20161109064636/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CH11Df02.html. Retrieved 2007-06-04. 
  4. ↑ Zubair, Lareef. Etymologies of Lanka, Serendib, Taprobane and Ceylon. Begieten on 2007-06-04.
  5. ↑ de Silva, Colin (February 14, 1982). "Sri Lanka, The 'Resplendent Isle'". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=9A01EED61E38F937A25751C0A964948260. Retrieved 2007-06-04. 


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