Trapobane

T1R1A1P3O1B3A1N1E1

A form of Taprobana — Sri Lanka.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Taprobana.
    1 more example

    "[...] You must know, Sancho, that the army in front of us is led and directed by the great Emperor Alifanfarón, lord of the great Ínsula Trapobane²; the other, marching behind us, belongs to his enemy, the king of the Garamantes, Pentapolín of the Tucked-up Sleeve, so-called because he always enters to battle with a bare right arm." [...] 2. The Greek and Roman name for Sri Lanka.

    Part 1 published in 1605, Part 2 in 1615, translated in 2003, Miguel de Cervantes and translated by Edith Grossman, Don Quixote, page 126

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

Trapobane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Trapobane

MLA

“Trapobane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Trapobane. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Trapobane,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Trapobane.

Source: Trapobane on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.