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Taprobana

ancient Greco-Roman name of Sri Lanka, also wrongly identified as Sumatra
Landform island Q2002951
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Taprobana

Summary

Taprobana is an island[1]. Taprobana ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (71 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taprobana is in the country of Sri Lanka[3].
  • Taprobana's instance of is recorded as island[4].
  • Taprobana's Commons category is recorded as Ptolemaic Taprobana[5].
  • Taprobana's Commons category is recorded as Taprobana[6].
  • Taprobana's said to be the same as is recorded as Sri Lanka[7].
  • Taprobana's said to be the same as is recorded as Sumatra[8].
  • Taprobana's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0118gzqk[9].
  • Taprobana's Pleiades ID is recorded as 50298[10].
  • Taprobana's ToposText place ID is recorded as 073805ITap[11].

Why It Matters

Taprobana ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (71 views/month).[2] Taprobana has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] Taprobana is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Sri Lanka Sumatra

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Taprobana. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/taprobana
MLA “Taprobana.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/taprobana.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_taprobana_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Taprobana}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/taprobana}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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