Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9040
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9040
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c. 545.—“And round about it (*Sielediba* or *Taprobane*, *i.e.* Ceylon) there are a number of small islands, in all of which you find fresh water and coco-nuts. And these are almost all set close to one another.”—*Cosmas*, in *Cathay, &c.*, clxxvii.