Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia

[ de-hi-wah-luh-mount luh-vin-ee-uh ]

/ ˌdɛ hɪˈwɑ ləˌmaʊnt ləˈvɪn i ə /

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noun

a city in SW Sri Lanka, on the Indian Ocean.

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How to use Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia in a sentence

After all, the Russians were about to mount a winter offensive of their own.
Hitler’s Hail Mary|James A. Warren|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hitchcock sends the script--unread--to Thom Mount and his superior, Ned Tanen.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It occurs to me that Mount must assume that Hitchcock has read it--after all, it came from him.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As the steaks are eaten, Mount, who has some skill in these things, brings up the movie.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

On Monday Mount calls to say he thinks the script is terrific.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The scene is the covenant made between the two first persons of the Trinity on Mount Moriah.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
These hills, if we have to mount them, shall sorely try the thews of horse and man.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
An extraordinary eruption of mount Vesuvius commenced, which in ten days had advanced ten miles from its original source.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
They that sit on mount Seir, and the Philistines, and the foolish people that dwell in Sichem.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
When I am an old maid I am going to mount the platform and preach the training of the voice in childhood.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton