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Taprobane (s.xii3/4)
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The form Tabrotane is a cross reference to the following entry:

Taprobane (s.xii3/4)

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Tabrobane,  Trabrobant,  Tabrotane  (Tarbane,  Taphane)  
  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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toponymTaprobana, island in the Indian Ocean, now Sri Lanka: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Coment Alisandre ariva en Tabrotane  Rom Chev ANTS 424rubr
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  De Trabrobant les meinent vers Inde ly guiour  Rom Chev ANTS 5627
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  vers orient poez terre trover E idles [e] merveilles qe font a reconter. Tabrotane oye cele terre nomer  Rom Chev ANTS 431
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  Devers la partie orientele de la terre Prestre Johan y ad une isle bone Taprobane isle et grande qe homme appelle Taprobane (var. (Lo6: s.xivin) Tabrobane;  (Lo9: s.xv) Taphane;  (Lo1: s.xv) Tarbane ) a qe est mult noble et mult fructuouse  Mandeville 465

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See also:

Taprobanien 
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