Tamil

[tam-uhl, tuhm-, tah-muhl]

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noun

plural

Tamils ,

plural

Tamil .

a member of a Dravidian people of southern India and Sri Lanka.
the Dravidian language of the Tamils, spoken in India principally in Tamil Nadu state and in Sri Lanka on the northern and eastern coasts.

adjective

of or relating to the Tamils or their language.

Tamil

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noun

a member of a mixed Dravidian and Caucasoid people of S India and Sri Lanka
the language of this people: the state language of Tamil Nadu, also spoken in Sri Lanka and elsewhere, belonging to the Dravidian family of languages

adjective

of or relating to this people or their language

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Maharashtra, followed by Kerala and Tamil Nadu, continues to be among the dominant recipient states.

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She lived the rest of her life in obscurity in the town of Nagercoil in Tamil Nadu, Mr Abraham says.

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She went on to complete a degree in English literature from a university in Tamil Nadu, becoming one of the only people in her family to receive higher education.

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Here, a yoga and meditation session is being held by the Empowering Tamil Families group.

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The photograph is one of several snapped by student Rashmitha T in her village in Tamil Nadu, featuring her neighbours who make traditional Indian cigarettes called beedis.

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�� does Tamil mean?

Tamil is the name for a person of a Dravidian culture group that is located primarily in Southern India and northeastern Sri Lanka.Tamil is also the name of the language spoken by Tamils.Tamils, like all Dravidian peoples, are aboriginal to Southern India and Sri Lanka. That is, Dravidian peoples are the earliest known inhabitants of that geographic area.Today, most of the world’s Tamils live in the southeastern Indian state of Tamil Nadu and northern part of the country of Sri Lanka, although many Tamils live around the world.

Tamiflu Tamil Eelam

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