Kaṭṭāṭi-vayal, Kaṭṭaḍi-kanda, Pēyāṭi-kūḻāṅ-kuḷam

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 14 March 2017, 02:40 GMT]
The paddy fields of a folk priest or the paddy fields of a member of the washermen community

The hill of an exorcist, sorcerer or devil-dancer

The tank of Kūḻā trees named after a devil-dancer; or the tank of Kūḻā trees where devil-dance is performed
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Samanaḷa-kanda, Kańdu-boḍa, Doṁba-gas-kanda, Veḍi-kanda

[TamilNet, Thursday, 09 March 2017, 20:09 GMT]
The mountain (Adam's Peak) where the deity Saman dwells

The hillside or the hill-neighbourhood

The hill or multitude of Doṁba trees

The gun mound
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British-recognised occupying SL military attempts rape in Ki'linochchi

[TamilNet, Friday, 03 March 2017, 23:36 GMT]
A soldier of the occupying Sinhala military under the command of Major General Ajith Karyakarawana on Friday evening attempted to rape a 56-year-old Tamil woman at Santha-puram, located near Ira'nai-madu, where the occupying military of genocidal Sri Lanka is maintaining its so-called Security Forces Head Quarters for Ki'linochchi with at least three divisions of Sinhala military and SL Air Force. The rape attempt comes a few days after Ms Laura Davies, the Deputy British High Commissioner in Colombo and Captain Stuart Andrew Borland, the British Defence Attaché in Colombo, were according diplomatic and military recognition to the occupying Sinhala military in the Tamil homeland by paying a visit and receiving a memento from Maj Gen Ajith Karayakarawana, the commander of the controversial military base that has been operating against the Eezham Tamils in Vanni.
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Cillālai, Pērālai, Cekkālai, Vaṅkālai

[TamilNet, Friday, 03 March 2017, 19:23 GMT]
The small hamlet/ village

The big hamlet/ village

The oil-mill; or the oil-mill hamlet/ village

The shipyard/ boatyard; or the village of ships/ boats
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Kal-piṭiya/ Kaṟ-piṭṭi, Puvak-piṭiya, Tavalam-piṭiya, Potu-piṭiya

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 25 January 2017, 18:42 GMT]
The stony mound/ bank/ high ground

The table ground having areca nut palms

The vacant plain-ground serving as mart for travelling traders coming with oxen-laden goods

The Potu grassland
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Sinhala military suppresses protests in Vanni prior to Maithiripala visit

[TamilNet, Friday, 20 January 2017, 22:10 GMT]
The intelligence officers of the occupying Sinhala military, which is camped at Keappaa-pulavu, a village situated along Nanthik-kadal lagoon in Mullaiththeevu, have instructed the Rural Development Society leaders and a section of the uprooted people, stating that there should be no protests, especially during the visit of SL President Maithiripala Sirisena by the uprooted people who remain dumped in a slum-settlement created by the SL military, which has seized their village. The intelligence officers have even named the persons who could be protesting, the RDS representatives said. One of the named protestors, Mrs Inthirany Vivekananthan, narrates the story of the long protests by the villagers, who remain firm in their demand of resettling in Keappaa-pulavu.
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Genocidal port ‘development’ targets Point Pedro, KKS for Sinhalicisation of Jaffna

[TamilNet, Thursday, 19 January 2017, 10:03 GMT]
As Trincomalee Harbour, the fifth largest natural harbour in the world, was targeted by genocidal Colombo through decades of militarization, foreign meddling and so-called development in the Eastern Province paving way for the entire Trincomalee district to be subjected to large-scale Sinhala colonisation in the past, genocidal Sri Lanka has targeted two harbours in the Jaffna district of Northern Province for future Sinhalicisation of Jaffna through militarization, ‘development’ and Sinhalicisation. Colombo’s Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development is embarked on a multi-million project through so-called ‘development‘ of the two already militarized Kankeasan-thu’rai (KKS) and Point Pedro harbours through Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) and Ceylon Fishery Harbours Corporation (CFHC).
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Goḍa-vela, Gal-ēdańḍu-goḍa, Koḍikkāra-goḍa, Goḍa-para-gaha-hēna

[TamilNet, Thursday, 12 January 2017, 21:32 GMT]
The highground paddy field or the hill paddy field

The bank of the improvised stone-slab bridge

The standard bearer's village; or the village of the person having the family name 'Standard Bearer'

The shifting cultivation field in the locality of the hill-variety Para trees
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Sinhala Buddhist monks assault Tamil cattle-herders in Batticaloa

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 10 January 2017, 22:43 GMT]
Three cattle-herding Tamil farmers were brutally assaulted on Tuesday by Sinhala Buddhist monks at Maathava’nai pastureland, situated in Koa’ra’laip-pattu South (Kiraan) division of Batticaloa district. Three monks in robe emerged from Mayilaththa-madu camp of the occupying Sinhala military while the Tamil farmers were feeding water to their cows at Maanthalai-aa’ru river. The violent monks seized the tools from the farmers before assaulting them. 69-year-old Poopalapillai Selvam, a father of six from Pearillaa-ve’li, 30-year-old Kumarasamy Perinpam, a father of four and 25-year-old Manikam Nadarajah, a father of two from Chiththaa’ndi 2nd and 3rd cross streets, were the cattle-herders who sustained injuries.
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Kaňkānam-gama, La-gamuva, Gampola, Brẹnḍi-gampala, Gaňgoḍa

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 03 January 2017, 23:10 GMT]
The village of the supervisor

The young (small) village

The village site or the riverside place

The village site of the Bhairava temple

The village or the riverbank
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Nā-pā-vala, Valāna, Val-ińguru-kẹṭiya, Mẹṭi-gat-vala

[TamilNet, Thursday, 29 December 2016, 21:25 GMT]
The Nā-tree forest

The forest

The part found with wild ginger plants

The pit or mine from where clay was taken
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Baṇḍāra-vela

[TamilNet, Thursday, 22 December 2016, 23:49 GMT]
The paddy field of the prince; or the paddy field of the noble son of the Kandian cultivation caste
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Cuṇṭik-kuḻi, Āmaik-kuḻi, Tāmarak-kuliya, Mudalak-kuliya

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 21 December 2016, 22:47 GMT]
The pond of the aquatic plant, Cuṇṭi

The tortoise pond

The lotus pond

The crocodile pond
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Āṉaiyiṟavu, Valaiyiṟavu

[TamilNet, Monday, 19 December 2016, 11:37 GMT]
The Elephant Pass

The place where fishing nets are laid; or the pass through fishing nets
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Religious conflict instigated in Koara’laip-pattu South, Batticaloa

[TamilNet, Sunday, 18 December 2016, 22:24 GMT]
Unidentified persons believed to be from outside Vaakaneari GS area entered the Hindu temple of Sri Chiththivinaayaakar, situated 18 km west of Vaazhaich-cheanai town, desecrated the Linga statue and vandalised the temple on Saturday night. Similar events are also reported in the past twice at Iththiyadi Sri Siththivinaayakar temple in 2014 and 2015. The villagers suspect external elements engaged in a covert ploy to instigate violence between different religious sections among the Tamil-speaking people in Batticaloa. During the regime of Rajapaksa, there were some mischievous moves to change the administrative borders to facilitate demographic changes. However, Tamil politicians managed to block such attempts.
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Pālāvi, kāḷāvik-kāṭu, Nīrāviyaṭi

[TamilNet, Friday, 16 December 2016, 22:35 GMT]
The milky-water pond or tank

The jungle of the dark-water pond or tank

The locality of the pond or tank of water
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Kaduru-vẹva, Beli-vẹva, Vệ-kaḍa

[TamilNet, Thursday, 15 December 2016, 20:30 GMT]
The tank in the locality of Kaduru trees

The tank in the locality of Beli trees

The place of the ruined tank
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Colombo intensifies military surveillance on Eezham Tamils

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 13 December 2016, 22:23 GMT]
The occupying military establishment of genocidal Sri Lanka has tightened its military intelligence grip on Eezham Tamils deploying various tactics within the last few days in Batticaloa, Trincomalee, Mullaiththeevu, Ki’linochchi, Jaffna and Mannaar, according to reports coming from all the corners of the occupied country of Eezham Tamils. Fresh deployments of so-called ‘Special Task Force’ commandos, a full-fledged combat military administratively coming under SL Police has been silently moved into several locations in the Jaffna peninsula ‘integrating’ SL military intelligence in a sophisticated manner. There are also fresh attempts to acquire lands for intelligence outfits being expanded in Jaffna. In the meantime, several new tactics are being deployed by the SL military intelligence in other parts of the Tamil homeland.
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Gal-oya, Kaḷu-gal-oya, Badulu-oya, Kiṁbul-vānā-oya

[TamilNet, Sunday, 11 December 2016, 23:25 GMT]
The rocky stream

The stream of the granite rocks

The stream running through Badulu trees

The tawny-coloured stream; or the stream of the Kiṁbul-plant forest
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Maithiripala regime steps up Sinhalicisation of Vavuniyaa North

[TamilNet, Saturday, 10 December 2016, 15:29 GMT]
Australian ‘development’ assistance was channelled through United Nations ‘development’ framework to renovate the irrigation canals at Thanik-kal, a Tamil village situated 15 km south of Nedung-kea’ni in Vavuniyaa North division. Accompanied with ‘development’ assistance, Sinhala rulers sketched out a blueprint for structural genocide against Eezham Tamils and Sinhala colonisation after 2009 during the regime of Mahinda Rajapaksa. The scheme is being aggressively implemented by the current regime of Maithiripala Sirisena, which has systematically deprived the original Tamil villagers from resettling in the village. The entire irrigation and the control over the canals are now under the Sinhala colonisers. More than 50% of the Tamil village has become a Sinhala colony, civil sources in Vavuniyaa told TamilNet on Saturday.
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