Batticaloa

American  

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

noun

1. a seaport in E Sri Lanka.

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Example Sentences

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

Plying the Batticaloa lagoon are fishing boats of the type used in the people-smuggling operations - small, cramped, uncomfortable vessels.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2013

In 1832 several Europeans settled at Batticaloa, expressly for the purpose of cultivating this palm to a large extent.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.