Trincomalee
or Trin·co·ma·li
a seaport in E Sri Lanka.
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How to use Trincomalee in a sentence
In due time we entered the remarkably beautiful harbour of Trincomalee.
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army | Charles Alexander GordonThe sun was sinking fast when we shaped our course for the entrance to the harbour of Trincomalee.
The Last Voyage | Lady (Annie Allnutt) BrasseyIn 1782 he stormed Trincomalee a few days before the squadron of Suffren arrived in the neighbourhood.
Suffren winters in Sumatra, but regains Trincomalee before Hughes returns.
Hughes, on the 22d of April, got into Trincomalee, where he remained till June 23d.
British Dictionary definitions for Trincomalee
/ (ˌtrɪŋkəʊməˈliː) /
a port in NE Sri Lanka, on the Bay of Trincomalee (an inlet of the Bay of Bengal); British naval base until 1957: a centre of conflict in the insurgency by the Tamil Tigers (LTTE). Pop: 44 313 (1981 census); more recent official figures are not available
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