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nouna member of the mixed Dravidian and Caucasian people of southern India and Sri Lankatype of:
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nounthe Dravidian language spoken since prehistoric times by the Tamil in southern India and Sri Lankatype of:
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of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the language itself
Definition that contains tamil
- tigers a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel
- tamil the Dravidian language spoken since prehistoric times by the Tamil in southern India and Sri Lanka
- tamil of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the language itself
- madras a city in Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal; formerly Madras
- chennai a city in Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal; formerly Madras
- malayalam a Dravidian language (closely related to Tamil) that is spoken in southwestern India
- eelam the independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for
- tamil eelam the independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for
- irula a Dravidian language closely related to Tamil that is spoken in a hilly section of southwestern India
- tamil tigers a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel