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Sri Lanka had a myriad of names

Greek geographers named is Taprobane.

Arabs named it Serendip (translated to serendepity).

Ceilão was the name given to Sri Lanka by the Portuguese when they arrived on the island in 1505, which was transliterated into English as Ceylon. Ceylon is the primary name Sri Lanka was called before its independence.

It was called Thambapanni by the first sri lankan king. Thambapanni means yellow sand.

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