Batticaloa

name

name ·5 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city in Sri Lanka.

Etymology

From Portuguese Batticaloa, ultimately from Tamil மட்டக்களப்பு (maṭṭakkaḷappu).

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.