Mannar

[ muh-nahr ]

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noun

Gulf of, an inlet of the Indian Ocean, bounded by W Sri Lanka, the chain of shoals that comprise Adam's Bridge, and S India.

Mannar

/ məˈnɑː /

Gulf of Mannar
the part of the Indian Ocean between SE India and the island of Sri Lanka: pearl fishing

Mannar eventually made defeating anemia with iron-enriched salt part of his life’s mission.

Anemia was common even in Mannar’s relatively well-off social circle.

Mannar figures he went to over 50 countries on similar missions.

Their study was one of 14 covered in a 2018 meta-analysis in the journal Advances in Nutrition, coauthored by Mannar.

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