Jaffna

[ jahf-nuh ]

/ ˈdʒɑf nə /

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noun

a seaport in N Sri Lanka.

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Words nearby Jaffna

Jaén, jafa, Jafaican, Jaffa, Jaffa orange, Jaffna, jag, jaga, Jagan, Jagannath, Jagatai

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How to use Jaffna in a sentence

There was no tradition of a tiger having been in Jaffna before.
Natural History in Anecdote|Various
And one is a case at the Jaffna Hospital, Ceylon; no date; and nothing said about the dog.
Experiments on Animals|Stephen Paget
The railway extension from Kurunegala due north to Jaffna and the coast was commenced in 1900.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 2|Various
Jaffna is the seat of a government agent and district judge, and criminal sessions of the supreme court are regularly held.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 2|Various

At Jaffna, on Sundays, about a thousand or twelve hundred people attend church and on feast days three thousand and upward.
The Jesuits, 1534-1921|Thomas J. Campbell

British Dictionary definitions for Jaffna

Jaffna

/ (ˈdʒæfnə) /

noun

a port in N Sri Lanka: for many centuries the capital of a Tamil kingdom. Pop: 149 000 (2005 est)

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