trincomalee

Trincomalee or Trin·co·ma·li [tring-koh-muh-lee] EXAMPLES| noun a seaport in E Sri Lanka. Liberaldictionary.com

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Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for trincomalee Historical Examples of trincomalee

Calling at Trincomalee en route, the ‘Sunbeam’ next proceeded to Burmah.

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Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey

At noon we had run 95 miles, and Trincomalee was 244 miles distant.

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Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey

Some question about Trincomalee was agitated at the same time.

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John Camden Hotten

Trincomalee is situated about one hundred and eighty miles by land from Colombo.

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Maturin M. Ballou

Trincomalee , an important naval station and seaport on the NE.

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British Dictionary definitions for trincomalee Trincomalee noun a port in NE Sri Lanka, on the Bay of Trincomalee (an inlet of the Bay of Bengal); British naval base until 1957: a centre of conflict in the insurgency by the Tamil Tigers (LTTE). Pop: 44 313 (1981 census); more recent official figures are not available Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012