EELAM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for

Synonyms:

Eelam; Tamil Eelam

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

body politic; commonwealth; country; land; nation; res publica; state (a politically organized body of people under a single government)

Holonyms ("Eelam" is a part of...):

Ceylon; Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka (a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948)

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