Jaffna
Americannoun
noun
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Ganeshalingam, head of political science at the University of Jaffna.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2024
It lies to the northeast to Rameswaram town in India's Tamil Nadu state and to the southwest of Sri Lanka's Jaffna city.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2024
Ahilan Kadirgamar, an economist at the country’s Jaffna University, said the economy was likely to shrink by 10 percent.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2022
“How many lives were lost and how many abductions took place under the Mahinda government?” said a 71-year-old man in northern Jaffna, who identified himself only as Joseph.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 15, 2019
The soil throughout the Jaffna peninsula is very light, requiring much careful culture in order to produce satisfactory results.
From The Pearl of India by Maturin Murray Ballou
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