Muḷḷik-kirāy, Kirāṉ, Kirāñci

[TamilNet, Monday, 22 May 2017, 18:30 GMT]
The dark muddy land found with Muḷḷi plants; or the dark muddy land of Muḷḷi plants that has become a cultivation field

The dark muddy land or the dark muddy cultivation field

The floodplain or waterlogged muddy land
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Neṭun-tīvu, Puṅkuṭu-tīvu, Nayiṉā-tīvu, Eḻuvai-tīvu, Maṇṭai-tīvu

[TamilNet, Sunday, 21 May 2017, 18:30 GMT]
The island at the long distance or the big island

The island of Puṅku trees

The lord's island

The island at the entry; or the island having enclosures; or the island of goats

The island (of the waters) found with Maṇṭai fish; or the island (of the waters) to lay Maṇṭā fishing net; or the island (of the waters) to go for harpoon fishing
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Koṟpiṭṭi-ēṟṟam, Puḷiyaṭi-iṟakkam

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 16 May 2017, 18:30 GMT]
The smithy-mound ascent; or the blacksmith's mound ascent

The tamarind tree locality descent
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Remembering Mu’l’livaaykkaal in proper context: Professor Jude Lal Fernando

[TamilNet, Monday, 15 May 2017, 23:15 GMT]
Martin McGuinnes, the former first minister of Northern Ireland (2007 – 2017), who was previously the chief Negotiator of Sinn Féin, which has been the political wing of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), in 2006 travelled to Colombo and Ki’linochchi. At Ki’linochchi, he openly stated that the EU leaders had committed a huge mistake by proscribing the LTTE. The EU ban harmed the parity of status in the talks and paved the way for genocidal onslaught. Professor Jude Lal Fernando of Trinity College, Dublin, an exiled Sinhala activist who has been actively engaged in seeking global justice to Tamil genocide said the idea to mark Mu’l’livaaykkaal Remembrance in the north of Ireland this year was conceived with due respect to the parity of status promoted by the Irish during the peace process between the LTTE and the Colombo government in 2006.
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Kaḷḷiyan-turavu

[TamilNet, Sunday, 14 May 2017, 18:30 GMT]
The un-walled well or excavated tiny pond in the locality of Kaḷḷi plants
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Northern fisheries federation issues ultimatum to Colombo before Narendra Modi’s Vesak-visit

[TamilNet, Saturday, 06 May 2017, 23:00 GMT]
Just ahead of Indian PM Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to the island on International Vesak Day, the SL regime in Colombo has started to exert pressure on Tamil-speaking fishermen associations in the North to collaborate with Colombo’s ‘friendly gesture’ towards New Delhi through to back the move of releasing a section of trawlers that had been seized from intruding Indian fishermen in the past. In the meantime, the Federation of Fishing Associations in North has warned Colombo against releasing the Indian trawlers without their consent and reminded Colombo about the 6 demands that have been put forward by the associations one month ago in a direct meeting with SL Fisheries Minister. The leader of the federation was reluctant to reveal all the 6 demands, but reminded the SL State that the federation would be forced to initiate next phase of the struggle, unless Colombo failed to act.
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Nuraic-cōlai, Kokkaṭṭic-cōlai, Puṉṉaic-cōlai, Camiḷañ-cōlai, Tumpalañ-cōlai, Mutirañ-cōlai

[TamilNet, Saturday, 06 May 2017, 18:30 GMT]
The grove or forest of Nurai trees

The grove or forest of Kokkaṭṭi trees

The grove or forest of Puṉṉai trees

The grove or forest of Camiḷai trees

The grove or forest of Thumpalai trees

The grove or forest of Mutirai trees
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Tōlai-kaṭṭi, Kottuk-kaṭṭi, Nāval-kaṭṭai, Kaṭṭai-paṟiccāṉ-āṟu, Kaṭṭai-āla&am

[TamilNet, Thursday, 04 May 2017, 17:30 GMT]
The grove part

The settlement part or enclave of a group of bonded labourers

The part or assemblage of Nāval trees

The river that quickly discharges surplus water from the dam

The locality of the short banyan tree; or the locality of the banyan tree having a resting platform

The eighth milepost
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Aṇaik-kaṭṭu, Ānēkaṭṭiya, Anicut

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 03 May 2017, 16:30 GMT]
The dam or barrage
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North-East shuts down, Tamil protests gain momentum

[TamilNet, Thursday, 27 April 2017, 22:18 GMT]
Only the notorious ‘Special Task Force’ (STF) commandos of genocidal Sri Lanka and street dogs were plying the roads of Jaffna city on Thursday when North-East was brought to a complete standstill by trade unions, civil groups and the struggle-centric political parties among the Eezham Tamils, heeding the call from the families of enforced-disappeared people in Vanni. The shutdown also received the support of Tamil-speaking Muslims at several places in the North-East. Even a trade union, which was reluctant to heed the call extended full support in Vavuniyaa. The shutdown was a big blow to the promoters of the genocidal concept of Sri Lanka, its ‘strategic’ partners and their collaborators, commented Tamil activists in Jaffna.
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Aṇṇamār-tiṭal, Mayila-kas-tiṭar, Paṟaiya-tiṭṭi, Tīṭai/ Tiruṭai

[TamilNet, Thursday, 27 April 2017, 20:15 GMT]
The raised ground of the deity Aṇṇamār

The raised ground having Mayilai trees or shrubs

The raised-ground settlement of Paraiyar community

The sandbank islet or shoal (in the Adamas Bridge reef)
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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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TNA under fire for dealing with SL military commanders at district-level

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 25 April 2017, 21:46 GMT]
EPRLF leader Suresh Premachandran has urged the elected Tamil parliamentarians to refrain from engaging directly with SL military on the issue of releasing private lands. The burning problem of military land grab of private lands should be addressed to the elected leaders in the South. It is the duty of the SL President, who is an elected leader to instruct the military to immediately hand over the lands seized from private land-owners, Mr Premachandran said at a press conference held in Jaffna on Tuesday. The SL President is also the Commander-in-Chief of the occupying Sinhala military.
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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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SL deceptions multiply as protests demanding lands intensify in Vanni

[TamilNet, Thursday, 20 April 2017, 19:55 GMT]
The so-called ‘Resettlement Ministry’ of the genocidal state of Sri Lanka has sought the support of the hijacked hierarchy of the Ilangkai Thamizh Arasuk Kadchi (ITAK), the dominating component of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to contain the escalating protests in Mullaiththeevu, Ki’linochchi and Mannaar of genocide-affected Vanni region of the homeland of Eezham Tamils. The ITAK hierarchy has been approached to facilitate compromise between the uprooted Tamils and the occupying Sinhala military, a source close to Maavai Senathiraja, the leader of the ITAK told TamilNet on Thursday on condition of anonymity. The source also provided photos documenting how occupying SL Air Force has transformed the lands of uprooted Tamils in Keappaa-pulavu into military resorts and how new structures are being hurriedly constructed inside the occupied zone.
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Maṇṇit-talai, Talai-maṉṉār, Talai-villu, Māt-talaṉ, Talā-dūva

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 18 April 2017, 20:10 GMT]
The sandy projection or the sandy headland

The front part or tip part of Maṉṉār

The seafront pond

The big or long seafront

The seafront islet
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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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People express solidarity with protests, low-key New Year in North-East

[TamilNet, Saturday, 15 April 2017, 11:18 GMT]
Eezham Tamils in North and East observed a largely silent Chiththirai New Year this year as the uprooted people in Mannaar and Mullaiththeevu are on the streets waging continuous protests along with the kith and kin of those subjected to enforced disappearances at the hands of the occupying Sinhala military. A protest march was staged in Vavuniyaa in support of the protest of the families of enforced disappeared. People wearing black armbands took part in the protest. In the meantime, occupying SL military personnel wearing traditional Sinhala clothes attempted to ‘celebrate’ New Year with protesting people at Keappaa-pulavu. The protesting people declined the offer and firmly stated that they would only celebrate New Year after getting their village back.
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Nānāṭṭāṉ, Maṭṭuvil-nāṭu

[TamilNet, Monday, 10 April 2017, 18:00 GMT]
The place of the Nāṉku-nāṭṭār merchant guild

The administrative unit or settlement named after a place Maṭṭuvil
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