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Tamil Tigers

Tamil Tigers proper noun: a former guerrilla and conventional militant organization that sought the establishment of an independent homeland (ஈழம் (īḻam, “Eelam”)) in the northeast of Sri Lanka for the minority Tamil community.

Proper noun

Tamil Tigers

  1. A former guerrilla and conventional militant organization that sought the establishment of an independent homeland (ஈழம் (īḻam, “Eelam”)) in the northeast of Sri Lanka for the minority Tamil community.

Tamil Tigers meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

Tamil Tigers in Hindi

guerrilla organization
तमिल टाइगर्स tamil ṭāigars

Tamil Tigers in Tamil

guerrilla organization
தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள் tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ

Tamil Tigers in Urdu

guerrilla organization
تامل ٹائیگرز tāmil ṭāīgarz

Tamil Tigers in Telugu

guerrilla organization
తమిళ టైగర్లు tamiḷa ṭaigarlu
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Tamil Tigers in Malayalam
തമിഴീഴ വിടുതലൈപ്പുലികൾ tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaippulikaḷ
Tamil Tigers in Kannada
ತಮಿಳು ಬಂಡುಕೋರರ tamiḷu baṇḍukōrara
Tamil Tigers in Sinhala
දෙමළ කොටි demaḷa koṭi, දෙමළ ඊළාම් විමුක්ති කොටි සංවිධානය demaḷa īḷām wimukti koṭi saṁwidhānaya
Tamil Tigers in Arabic
نُمُور اَلتَّامِيل numūr at-tāmīl
Tamil Tigers in Indonesian
Macan Tamil
Tamil Tigers in Vietnamese
Những con Hổ giải phóng Tamil

Questions about Tamil Tigers

What does Tamil Tigers mean?
Tamil Tigers means a former guerrilla and conventional militant organization that sought the establishment of an independent homeland (ஈழம் (īḻam, “Eelam”)) in the northeast of Sri Lanka for the minority Tamil community.
What is Tamil Tigers in Hindi?
Tamil Tigers in Hindi is तमिल टाइगर्स (tamil ṭāigars). See Tamil Tigers meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Tamil Tigers?
Tamil Tigers is a proper noun.

Words near Tamil Tigers in the dictionary

  1. Tamil
  2. Tamil Eelam
  3. Tamil English
  4. Tamil Nadu
  5. Tamil Tiger
  6. Tamil Tigers
  7. Tamilakam
  8. Tamilan
  9. Tamilans
  10. Tamilian
  11. Tamilians

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