Aina-gama, Heella-ge Ayna

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 28 May 2013, 16:09 GMT]
The adjacent village
The neighbourhood of the cool place
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Peeliyadi, Udu-peella, Gal-pihilla

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 22:46 GMT]
The locality of the aqueduct

The upper aqueduct

The stone aqueduct
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I’rak-kaamam, Era-gama

[TamilNet, Monday, 20 May 2013, 05:23 GMT]
The village in the descending slope
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Panguwa, Kittam-pahuwa

[TamilNet, Sunday, 28 April 2013, 21:47 GMT]
The part

The jute (producing) part
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Tamils were not the ‘favoured’ under British colonialism: Theva Rajan

[TamilNet, Saturday, 27 April 2013, 23:44 GMT]
It is noted that D S Senanayake advised the British to grant independence to Ceylon early, citing that the Tamils will be problematic as they were followers of Gandhian principles led by the Jaffna Youth League that agitated for full independence, writes Mr. A Theva Rajan in New Zealand, commenting further on a TamilNet feature last Saturday that refuted a repeatedly told myth about British colonialism favouring Tamils. The feature, “Tehelka report misled on British treatment of Tamils,” challenged a recent statement by Ms Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga that the frustration of Tamils was due to lost privileges they had enjoyed under British favouritism aimed at ‘divide and rule’. The myth, constructed by Sinhala polity to justify State-conducted genocide in the island has misled a recent report by Tehelka too.
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Linda-kumbura

[TamilNet, Thursday, 18 April 2013, 01:03 GMT]
The paddy field of the well
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Maa-eliya, Patti-eliya, Pul-eliya, Kala-eliya

[TamilNet, Monday, 01 April 2013, 06:26 GMT]
The big open space or plain
The open land to graze cattle
The open grassland
The open space serving as threshing floor

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Karagaha-ulpatha, Paalai-oottu

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 13 March 2013, 00:38 GMT]
The spring (in the locality) of Kara shrub
The spring (in the locality) of Paalai tree
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Pita-kotte, Pita-kotuwa, Pettah

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 20 February 2013, 08:31 GMT]
The outside of the fort/
The backside of the fort
The extramural suburb of the fort/
The town adjacent to the fort

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Eastern province under flood again due to torrential rain

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 08 January 2013, 23:06 GMT]
Several low lying areas in the districts of Batticaloa, Trincomalee, Ampaa'rai and Polonnaruwa are under flood due to the ongoing torrential rains lashing since Monday. People residing in low-lying areas are displaced and seek shelter in public buildings. In the Batticaloa district alone 210 villages in 14 Divisional Secretariat divisions; Vellaave'li, Paddippazhai, South Eruvilpattu, Vavu'natheevu, Kaaththaankudi, Ma'nmunaipattu, Ma'nmunai North, Ea'raavoorpattu (Chengkaladi), Koa'ralaippattu, Koa'ralaippattu North, South, West and Central are under floodwaters.
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Ballaa-paana Uda-baage
Ballaa-paana Patha-baage

[TamilNet, Friday, 28 December 2012, 21:38 GMT]
The dog-waters upper part
The dog-waters lower part
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Kade-weediya

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 25 December 2012, 14:44 GMT]
The bazaar street
The street of shops
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Uda-peruwa, Palle-peruwa

[TamilNet, Sunday, 02 December 2012, 13:17 GMT]
The upper division
The lower division
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Ba’ndaaranaayaka- pura,
Chelvanaayaka-puram

[TamilNet, Friday, 16 November 2012, 23:47 GMT]
The settlement named after SWRD Ba’ndaaranaayake

The settlement named after SJV Chelvanaayakam
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Choanaka-theru, Yoanaka-pura

[TamilNet, Friday, 09 November 2012, 16:27 GMT]
The Moor street or Muslim street/ the Muslim enclave

The Muslim village or settlement
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Aarachchi-kattuwa, Udaiyaar-kaddu

[TamilNet, Friday, 02 November 2012, 03:47 GMT]
The dam/ tank of the village official

The dam/ tank of the landlord or village chieftain
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Ibbaa-wala, Ibban-wala

[TamilNet, Saturday, 27 October 2012, 05:12 GMT]
The tortoise jungle
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Southern workers sexually harass Tamil women in East

[TamilNet, Sunday, 07 October 2012, 23:13 GMT]
Some of the workers from South who are brought down to Eastern province by the Colombo government, which employs them in road construction and electricity supply ‘development’ work in the Eastern province, engage in sexual abuse of Tamil women, civil sources in Batticaloa say citing two cases this week alone. At Vaazhaichcheanai, a 38-year-old mother of five, A Sinnappillai, was killed after sexual abuse by at least two Sinhala men and the body of the victim was found dumped in a pit upside down. At Vellaave'li, a man from Matara, caught by the villagers after he attempted to sexually harass a 17-year-old Tamil girl on Thursday, was allowed to go unpunished by the Sinhala policemen.
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Pamu'nu-gama, Aava'nam

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 18 September 2012, 19:01 GMT]
The village in an endowment land or assigned land of hereditary right

The business place of stalls and services, or the place assigned by a deed
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Bamu’nu-gama, Changkaththaar-vayal

[TamilNet, Sunday, 16 September 2012, 13:24 GMT]
The Brahmin village

The paddy fields of the members of the Sangha
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