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Kilinochchi

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Kilinochchi (கிளிநொச்சி, IAST Kilinocci, කිලිනොච්චි) is the main town of Kilinochchi District, Northern Province of Sri Lanka. [1]

25 relations: A9 highway (Sri Lanka), Battle of Kilinochchi 2008–09, Districts of Sri Lanka, Divisional Secretariats of Sri Lanka, International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, Iranamadu Tank, Irrigation, Jaffna, Kilinochchi Central College, Kilinochchi District, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, List of sovereign states, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, Prehistory, Provinces of Sri Lanka, Rice, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Railways, Sri Lankan Tamils, Tharmapuram, Tillage, Town, Uthayan, Vaddakkachchi Maha Vidyalayam.

A9 highway (Sri Lanka)

The A9 Highway is a highway in Sri Lanka, which connects the central city of Kandy with Jaffna, a city on the northern tip of the island.

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Battle of Kilinochchi 2008–09

The Battle of Kilinochchi was a land battle fought between the Sri Lankan Military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for the control of the town of Kilinochchi in the Northern Theater of Eelam War IV during the Sri Lankan civil war between November 2008 and January 2009.

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Districts of Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, districts (Distrikka, மாவட்டம்) are the second-level administrative divisions, and are included in a province.

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Divisional Secretariats of Sri Lanka

The districts of Sri Lanka are divided into administrative sub-units known as divisional secretariats.

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International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration

The International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (I.A.S.T.) is a transliteration scheme that allows the lossless romanization of Indic scripts as employed by Sanskrit and related Indic languages.

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Iranamadu Tank

Iranamadu Tank (இரணைமடு குளம் Iraṇaimaṭu Kuḷam; ඉරණමඩු වැව) is an irrigation tank in northern Sri Lanka, approximately south east of Kilinochchi.

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Irrigation

Irrigation is the application of controlled amounts of water to plants at needed intervals.

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Jaffna

Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.

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Kilinochchi Central College

Kilinochchi Central College (கிளிநொச்சி மத்திய கல்லூரி Kiḷinocci Mattiya Kallūri) is a provincial school in Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka.

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Kilinochchi District

Kilinochchi District (கிளிநொச்சி மாவட்டம் Kiḷinocci Māvaṭṭam; කිලිනොච්චි දිස්ත්‍රික්කය) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country.

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Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (translit, translit, commonly known as the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers) was a Tamil militant organization that was based in northeastern Sri Lanka.

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List of sovereign states

This list of sovereign states provides an overview of sovereign states around the world, with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Northern Province, Sri Lanka

The Northern Province (வட மாகாணம் Vaṭa Mākāṇam; උතුරු පළාත Uturu Paḷāta) is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country.

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Prehistory

Human prehistory is the period between the use of the first stone tools 3.3 million years ago by hominins and the invention of writing systems.

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Provinces of Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, provinces (translit; translit) are the first level administrative division.

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Rice

Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or Oryza glaberrima (African rice).

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea.

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Sri Lanka Army

The Sri Lankan Army (Śrī Laṃkā yuddha hamudāva; Ilankai iraṇuvam) is the oldest and largest of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces and is the nation's army.

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Sri Lanka Railways

The Sri Lanka Railway Department (more commonly known as Sri Lanka Railways (SLR)) (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා දුම්රිය සේවය Śrī Laṃkā Dumriya Sēvaya; Tamil: இலங்கை புகையிரத சேவைகள்) is Sri Lanka's railway owner and primary operator.

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Sri Lankan Tamils

Sri Lankan Tamils (also) or Ceylon Tamils, also known as Eelam Tamils in Tamil, are members of the Tamil ethnic group native to the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka.

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Tharmapuram

Tharmapuram, or Dharmapuram, is a town in Kilinochchi District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka.

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Tillage

Tillage is the agricultural preparation of soil by mechanical agitation of various types, such as digging, stirring, and overturning.

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Town

A town is a human settlement.

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Uthayan

Uthayan (உதயன் Utayaṉ, Morning) is a Tamil language Sri Lankan daily newspaper published by New Uthayan Publication (Private) Limited, part of the Uthayan Group of Newspapers.

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Vaddakkachchi Maha Vidyalayam

Vaddakkachchi Maha Vidyalayam (வட்டக்கச்சி மகா வித்தியாலயம் Vaṭṭakkacci Makā Vittiyālayam) is a provincial school in Vaddakkachchi, Sri Lanka.

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Kilinocci, Kilinochi, Kilinŏchchi, Killinochchi, Killinochi, Kiḷinochchi, கிளிநொச்சி, කිලිනොච්චිය.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilinochchi

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