Jaffna
Americannoun
noun
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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
He left his wife and child in Jaffna with the intention of bringing them to London, but as time ticks by, his worry and guilt grow.
From Seattle Times • May 14, 2021
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
The breccia at Jaffna contains recent shells, as does also the arenaceous strata on the western coast of Manaar and in the neighbourhood of Galle.
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
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