Galle

[ gahl ]

noun

1. a seaport in SW Sri Lanka.

Galle

/ ˈɡɔːl /

noun

1. 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) Former namePoint de Galle

Example Sentences

Galle suggested naming it Janus, the two-faced Roman god, implying that it was facing outward toward the stars.

From Nautilus

When Galle saw the planet exactly where Newton’s equations said it should be, he demonstrated that astronomers could detect celestial bodies by gravity alone.

From Nautilus

They touched at Point de Galle for news, and to ascertain whether any French warships had been seen, of late, along the coast.

From Project Gutenberg

A few of the passengers landed at Point de Galle, but neither Dick nor his mother went ashore.

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On the day of our arrival we at once set off to visit one of354 these Buddhist temples, in the vicinity of Galle.

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Our return from Colombo to Galle, was not less marked by misadventures than our journey thither.

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You know I had letters from a family long resident at Galle.

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