Jaffna
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
“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 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
Formation.—But the principal scene of the most recent formations is the extreme north of the island, with the adjoining peninsula of Jaffna.
From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
