Jaffna

[ jahf-nuh ]

noun

1. a seaport in N Sri Lanka.

Jaffna

/ ˈdʒæfnə /

noun

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

Example Sentences

“There is a clear agenda underway to degenerate a defeated community,” says Selvin Ireneus, a social activist based in Jaffna, the Tamils’ northern cultural heartland.

From Seattle Times

Ganeshalingam, head of political science at the University of Jaffna.

From Seattle Times

In Jaffna, local politician Thiyagaraja Nirosh says family elders discourage young people from discussing political rights.

From Seattle Times

It lies to the northeast to Rameswaram town in India's Tamil Nadu state and to the southwest of Sri Lanka's Jaffna city.

From BBC

Ahilan Kadirgamar, an economist at the country’s Jaffna University, said the economy was likely to shrink by 10 percent.

From Washington Post