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Jaffna

American  
[jahf-nuh] / ˈdʒɑf nə /

noun

  1. a seaport in N Sri Lanka.


Jaffna British  
/ ˈdʒæfnə /

noun

  1. a port in N Sri Lanka: for many centuries the capital of a Tamil kingdom. Pop: 149 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Ganeshalingam, head of political science at the University of Jaffna.

From Seattle Times May 31, 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

The 48-year-old driver joined the crowd waiting for the premiere at a theater in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, where Tamil separatists fought years for independence before government forces crushed them in 2009.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2016

The men were sentenced by the High Court in Jaffna, the capital of Northern Province.

From BBC Oct. 7, 2015

On leaving Jaffna, the coasting steamer steers southward through the Gulf of Manaar, following the Paumben Channel, past Adam's Bridge.

From The Pearl of India by Maturin Murray Ballou

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