English Explanatory Dictionary

Northern Province

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A province in Sierra Leone. Capital: Makeni.
  2. A province of Sri Lanka. Captial: Jaffna.

Word forms

Northern Province

Etymology

In Sri Lanka either: * A calque of Tamil வட மாகாணம் (vaṭa mākāṇam). * A calque of Sinhalese උතුරු පළාත (uturu paḷāta).

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