Mannar
Americannoun
noun
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Ms. Fernando struck upon the premise of her research after joining some Sri Lankan naturalists to document the flora and fauna of the Gulf of Mannar, which once constituted the British Crown’s richest pearling grounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
If real, the pearls would have been harvested by pearl divers in the Gulf of Mannar, between present day Sri Lanka and India.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2023
In the northwest of Sri Lanka, India's Adani Group is awaiting regulatory approvals for two wind power projects worth $500m in Mannar region, Sri Lanka's Power Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said in August.
From Reuters ● Dec. 27, 2022
Premadasa’s supporters organized the convoy of Muslims who had fled their homes in the northern district of Mannar in 1982, when the Tamil insurgency began to grow.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 16, 2019
There I fell to thinking about the incidents that marked our excursion over the Mannar oysterbank.
From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by F. P. Walter
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