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ID: 7002519
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7002519
Record Type:
administrative
Trincomalee (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 08 34 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 8.5667
decimal degrees
Long: 081 13 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 81.2167
decimal degrees
Note:
Seaport; early Tamil settlement taken by Portuguese, Dutch, French, & British; site of ruined Temple of 1000 Columns, built 3rd cen. BC & destroyed by Portuguese 1662; trade center exporting fish & coconuts; excellent natural harbor.
Names:
Trincomalee
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Trinkomali
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Sri Lanka
(nation) (
P
)
............
Eastern
(province) (
P
)
................
Trincomalee
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
since at least 3rd cen. BC
town (
C
)
provincial capital (
C
)
port (
C
)
military center (
B
)
............
principal British naval base in Far East during WW II after fall of Singapore, 1942; base ceded to Sri Lanka 1957
historic site (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Trincomalee..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
659
.......................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
201
.......................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
352, 1228
Trinkomali..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
659
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
659
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
201
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
352, 1228
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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