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

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Tāprabane hæfþ in missenlicum gereordum mænige namen. Ealdcrēcas nemdon hīe Taprobane (and Ælfred cyning geaf hire þone naman Tāpraban and Dēprobane.  Þām Arabum ƿæs hēo Serendib. 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.  On NĪƿum Englisce ƿæs þæs īeglandes nama Ceylon.

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

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