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Batticaloa

American  
[buht-i-kuh-loh-uh] / ˌbʌt ɪ kəˈloʊ ə /

noun

  1. a seaport in E Sri Lanka.


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Moinudeen, an imam from the eastern city of Batticaloa, the site of one of the Easter bombings.

From New York Times ● May 5, 2019

Even Batticaloa, the east’s second city, seemed stunned into inertia by the sun, while on the outskirts the rice farmers plodded resolutely on, throwing handfuls of seeds across flooded paddies.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2016

Vallipuram Amalanayagi, 41, from Batticaloa in the east, said she and her family already knew what was in the report before its publication.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 16, 2015

Despite visible reconstruction work in mainly Tamil Batticaloa - a brand new bridge across the lagoon and bulldozers working on new projects - there are not nearly enough jobs.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2013

These men told us that we were only four miles from the Batticaloa road, and with great glee we started at break of day, determined to breakfast on arrival at the road.

From The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon by Sir Samuel White Baker

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