eelam : Idioms & Phrases


liberation tigers of tamil eelam

  • noun 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
    Tigers; LTTE; World Tamil Association; Tamil Tigers; World Tamil Movement.
    • the Tamil Tigers perfected suicide bombing as a weapon of war
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tamil eelam

  • noun the independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for
    Eelam.
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