Jaffna

Proper noun

Meaning

English Wikipedia has an article on:JaffnaWikipedia
Jaffna

A city in northern Sri Lanka

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Basic civil law is Roman-Dutch, but laws pertaining to marriage, divorce, and inheritance are communal, known as respectively as Kandyan, Thesavalamai (Jaffna Tamil) and Muslim (Roman-Dutch law applies to Low-country Sinhalese, Estate Tamils and others). Source: Internet

A youth has been killed in Polgahawela after being hit by an express train traveling from Colombo to Jaffna. Source: Internet

A stronghold of the LTTE, the battle to wrest Jaffna exacted a high toll on the units of 41 Infantry Brigade, which was commanded by Brig Singh. Source: Internet

Captain Smith was deployed to Palaly, a Sri Lankan air base in the Tamil stronghold of Jaffna that was besieged by militants. Source: Internet

About 20 kilometre north of Jaffna, this ancient temple derives its name from the legendary sage Nagula Muni. Source: Internet

Decline Sadayavarman Sundara Pandyan I invaded Sri Lanka in the 13th century and defeated Chandrabanu the usurper of the Jaffna Kingdom in northern Sri Lanka. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Jaffer jaffle jaffle iron Jaffna Tamil jaffry jaffy