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Galle

American

[gahl] / gɑl /

noun

a seaport in SW Sri Lanka.

Galle British

/ ˈɡɔːl /

noun

Former name: Point de Galle. a port in SW Sri Lanka; along with other coastal settlements, it suffered badly in the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004. Pop: 90 270 (2001)

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Brian Galle, a nonprofit law professor at UC Berkeley, said that while long-serving board members can bring institutional knowledge and consistency, the concern is that they lose their independence from management over time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

But Galle said the Swift-Kelce wedding isn’t even close to the biggest billionaire-based scandal around Madison Square Garden.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

A magistrate in the Sri Lankan city of Galle ordered that the 84 bodies should be released to the Iranian embassy.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

The Sri Lankan navy ferried the survivors to nearby Galle, famous for its 16th-century Dutch fort.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

“Yes. Turtle Beach, Ananda Rock, Sea of Monsters. Doesn’t say much, does it? Would they even recognize that it was the Galle coast?”

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

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