Trincomalee

or Trin·co·ma·li

[tring-koh-muh-lee]

noun

a seaport in E Sri Lanka.

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Historical Examples of trincomalee

Calling at Trincomalee en route, the 'Sunbeam' next proceeded to Burmah.
The Last Voyage
Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
At noon we had run 95 miles, and Trincomalee was 244 miles distant.
The Last Voyage
Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
Some question about Trincomalee was agitated at the same time.
The Slang Dictionary
John Camden Hotten
Trincomalee is situated about one hundred and eighty miles by land from Colombo.
The Pearl of India
Maturin M. Ballou
Trincomalee , an important naval station and seaport on the NE.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Edited by Rev. James Wood

British Dictionary definitions for trincomalee

Trincomalee

noun

a port in NE Sri Lanka, on the Bay of Trincomalee (an inlet of the Bay of Bengal); British naval base until 1957: a centre of conflict in the insurgency by the Tamil Tigers (LTTE). Pop: 44 313 (1981 census); more recent official figures are not available

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