Mẹda-kẹṭiya, Boraḷu-kẹṭiya, Pupula-kẹṭiya, Mānan-kaṭṭiya, Tiṁbirigas-kaṭuva, Huṇu-kẹṭa-pi&a

[TamilNet, Friday, 05 May 2017, 15:30 GMT]
The middle part or middle block

The pebble/ gravel part or heap

The collection of Pupula creepers or the part of Pupula creepers

The big grassland part

The part or collection of Timbiri trees

The high ground plain of limestone lumps
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Aṇaik-kaṭṭu, Ānēkaṭṭiya, Anicut

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 03 May 2017, 16:30 GMT]
The dam or barrage
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SL Governor in East sophisticatedly promotes controversial Buddha statue in Ampaa'rai

[TamilNet, Saturday, 29 April 2017, 18:14 GMT]
Eastern Provincial Land Commissioner D.D. Anura Dharmadhasa has come under fire from Tamil-speaking activists in the Eastern Province for his open support to extremist Sinhala Buddhist Bodu Bala Sena (Buddhist Power Force) through promising to fix 2 acres of lands for the controversial construction of a Buddhist temple at Maayak-kalli-malai in I’rakkaamam division of Ampaa’raid district. In the meantime, Colombo's colonial governor of Eastern Province Justin Fernando, a former defence secretary, has gone on record that he was not aware of the promises made by Provincial Land Commissioner Mr Dharmadhasa. However, informed civil sources in Trincomalee say the SL Governor was in fact supportive of the move to erect Buddha statue at Maayak-kalli-malai.
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Kumuḻa-muṉai, Kaṟukkāy-muṉai, Toṭa-muṇa, Goḍa-munna, Munnak-karē

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 25 April 2017, 22:15 GMT]
The headland found with Kumiḻ trees

The seafront found with Kaṟukkāy trees

The ferry front or harbour front

The edge or front of the high ground

The seashore at the mouth or the neighbourhood of the point
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Kal-vayal, Ciṟutēṉ-kal, Veṭi-vaitta-kallu, Kallan-tāḻvu, Kaṟ-kuḻi

[TamilNet, Sunday, 23 April 2017, 19:45 GMT]
The stony paddy field

The rock-mounds to get honey gathered by a small kind of honeybees

The rocks that were blasted by explosives

The stony low-lying ground

The rock pit or the rock pond
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Kacca-tīvu, Kaccāy, Kacci-gala, Vaṭṭak-kacci, Veḍi-kacciya/ Veḍḍi-kacci

[TamilNet, Saturday, 22 April 2017, 18:30 GMT]
The island in the direction of the west wind; or the island in the west; or the jungle island

The coastal point or the jungle expanse

The jungle hill

The jungle having a paddy field enclosure

The jungle for shooting (hunting)/ The jungle for hunting or the jungle of hunters
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Muslim land-owners confront extremist Sinhala monks in Ampaa’rai

[TamilNet, Friday, 21 April 2017, 20:03 GMT]
A Sinhala Buddhist monk from Kalmunai with a group of Sinhala extremists, this week deployed heavy vehicles and machinery to put up a road and expand the locality of a hilltop known as Maayak-kalli-malai, where they had placed a Buddha statue in October 2016 amidst opposition from Tamils and Muslims who live at the locality, situated in I’rakkaamam division of Ampaa’raid district. On Thursday, Muslim residents were summoned through a speaker announcement from the nearby mosque and marched towards the hilltop and confronted the extremist monks and their construction workers and demanded the intruders to stop the construction work. The protesters cited a complaint made by the land-owner where the intruding monks had placed the Buddha statue.
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Viyan-dūva, Valahan-duva, Dōva, Kappu-tū, Kē-tūvu

[TamilNet, Thursday, 20 April 2017, 19:18 GMT]
The water-surrounded place of birds

The water-surrounded place of bears

The waterlogged place

The water-surrounded place of road-metal or of cotton plants/ silk cotton trees

The water-surrounded place of paddy fields or of screw pines
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Muṟippu, Kūḻā-muṟippu, Taṇṇi-muṟippuk-kuḷam, Virāl-murippuva

[TamilNet, Sunday, 16 April 2017, 20:10 GMT]
(The tank of) the barrage or dam

(The tank of) the barrage or dam in the locality of Kūḻā trees

The tank caused by damming or barring the course of water

(The tank of) the barrage or dam found with Virāl fish
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Tāṇṭik-kuḷam, Kaṭalāñcik-kuḷam, Uyilaṅ-kuḷam, Tuṭaṛik-kuḷam, Paracaṅ-kuḷam

[TamilNet, Friday, 14 April 2017, 21:40 GMT]
The Tāṇṭi-tree tank

The Kaṭalañci-shrub tank

The Ucilai-tree tank

The Tuṭari-shrub tank

The Paracu-tree tank
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Pūvarasan-kulama, Teppan-kulama, Pusiyan-kulama, Veruň-kulama

[TamilNet, Sunday, 09 April 2017, 21:30 GMT]
The Portia-tree tank

The tank in which rafts are used; or the tank in which the raft-festival is conducted

The empty tank; or the tank found with mildew or moss

The empty tank
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Kaṭṭuk-kuḷam, Pallavarāyaṉ-kaṭṭuk-kuḷam, Cēttuk-kuḷam, Āmpal-kuḷam

[TamilNet, Friday, 07 April 2017, 21:00 GMT]
The dammed tank or reservoir

The tank, the dam of which was built by Pallavarāyaṉ

The muddy pond or tank

The pond or tank of a kind of waterlily
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Damana, Damahana, Daṁbuva, Daṁbāna, Daṁbarāva

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 05 April 2017, 20:25 GMT]
The burnt-savannah cultivation field; or the Patana grassland

The burnt-savannah cultivation field; or the Patana grassland

The burnt-jungle cultivation field

The burnt place or burnt forest (for cultivation)

The burnt-jungle cultivation field, newly annexed
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Ampala-veḷi, Āńḍi-ambalama

[TamilNet, Sunday, 02 April 2017, 18:35 GMT]
The open place around the travellers' rest; or the open stretch of land having a travellers' rest

The travellers' rest that was the abode of a Śaiva mendicant or Muslim Fakir
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Deṇiya, Teṇi

[TamilNet, Saturday, 01 April 2017, 16:20 GMT]
The valley; or the muddy ground/ flood plain between high grounds
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Ceṉaiyūr, Vāḻaic-cēṉai, Koṭa-hēna/ Koṭṭāñ-cēṉai, Hēn-deṇiya, Hēnẹggē-go&

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 28 March 2017, 20:45 GMT]
The village in the shifting-cultivation tract; or the shifting-cultivation village

The slash-and-burn field for banana cultivation

The cultivation field created by cutting trees; or the small shifting-cultivation field; or the enclosed shifting-cultivation field

The valley or low marshy ground where shifting-cultivation takes place

The bank or village of launderers
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Katira-veḷi, Kucca-veḷi, Āṭ-kāṭṭi-veḷi, Veḷi-vayal

[TamilNet, Friday, 24 March 2017, 20:43 GMT]
The open land of acacia

The open land of Kucca grass

The open land of Āṭ-kāṭṭi birds; or the open land having signposts; or the open land showing people at a distance

The outside paddy field; or the paddy field of the open land
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Speeding SL Navy boat kills Tamil fisherman in Vidaththal-theevu, Mannaar

[TamilNet, Thursday, 23 March 2017, 18:46 GMT]
A naval vessel of the occupying Sri Lanka Navy knocked down a small fishing boat killing 39-year-old fisherman on the spot in the sea lane towards Palk Strait from Vidaththal-theevu jetty on Thursday around 8:30 p.m. The SL Navy personnel on board the military vessel left the site of the incident after informing the local fishermen about the ‘accident’. The fishermen rushed to the spot and recovered the dead body of the fisherman.
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Mal-vatta, Nāram-mala, Kot-malē, Mūṇa-mal-pē, Mallā-gama

[TamilNet, Saturday, 18 March 2017, 23:37 GMT]
The place/ grove/ residential place in the hill; or the flower garden

The hill of mandarin orange trees

The spire-like hill; or the hill having a spire-like peak

The grove of Mimusops elengi flower-trees

The champion's village
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Tirukōṇa-malai (Trincomalee), Kīri-malai, Kutirai-malai

[TamilNet, Thursday, 16 March 2017, 23:20 GMT]
The sacred, angular hill

The hill/ rocky cliff of Kīri shrubs

The horse hill
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