Galle

American  

[gahl] / gɑl /

noun

1. a seaport in SW Sri Lanka.

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Galle British  

/ ˈɡɔːl /

noun

1. Former name: Point de Galle.  a port in SW Sri Lanka; along with other coastal settlements, it suffered badly in the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004. Pop: 90 270 (2001)

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Example Sentences

A police escort transferred bodies to Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport on Friday morning for the repatriation to Iran, after they were stored in two freezers at Galle National Hospital.

From BBC

A magistrate in the Sri Lankan city of Galle ordered that the 84 bodies should be released to the Iranian embassy.

From BBC

A ship was in distress, roughly 20 nautical miles off the coast from the city of Galle.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Sri Lankan navy ferried the survivors to nearby Galle, famous for its 16th-century Dutch fort.

From The Wall Street Journal

A member of the Galle municipal council, Roshan Mawsoon, organized clothing for the Iranians after the hospital director called to say the donated sarongs and shirts the hospital had received were no good for the Iranians, who were bigger than many Sri Lankans.

From The Wall Street Journal