Noun
pettah (plural pettahs)
(in Sri Lanka and southern India) A town, sometimes fortified, outside a fort.
Accordingly, Maradana, Fort, Pettah, Slave Island, and Dam Street areas in the Colombo District will be declared isolated areas until further notice. Source: Internet
Although now there is nothing left of the fortifications, the area which was once the fort is still referred to as Fort. The area outside is Pettah or පටකොටව in Sinhalese which means outer fort. Source: Internet
But I know that he got offerings from Favourite Mudalaali of Main Street Pettah as Sobitha looked after him over the years. Source: Internet
Earlier, security forces uncovered accessories of suicide jackets from a Catholic Church premises in Olcott Mawatha in Pettah on 22 August. Source: Internet
That FTb was lost when I was cornered by a mob in Pettah the day the Indo-Lanka accord was signed. Source: Internet
To facilitate the transformation of Colombo, the government has to address these bottlenecks which have for long been obstructing economic and physical urban regeneration. citation Pettah is more crowded than the Fort area. Source: Internet