Galle

American  

[gahl] / gɑl /

noun

1. a seaport in SW Sri Lanka.

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Galle British  

/ ˈɡɔːl /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

A ship was in distress, roughly 20 nautical miles off the coast from the city of Galle.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From The Wall Street Journal

A member of the Galle municipal council, Roshan Mawsoon, organized clothing for the Iranians after the hospital director called to say the donated sarongs and shirts the hospital had received were no good for the Iranians, who were bigger than many Sri Lankans.

From The Wall Street Journal

Of the 32 sailors who survived the sinking of the Dena, 10 remain hospitalized while 22 others have been discharged and transferred to a military base near Galle.

From The Wall Street Journal

"What happened next is less clear: the ship may have returned to port or peeled away after exercises. Either way, the waters where it was later sunk - off Galle in Sri Lanka - lie only two to three days' sailing from India's east coast," Singh says.

From BBC