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Tamil

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Tamil /ˈtamɪl/

▶noun

1 a member of a people inhabiting parts of South India and Sri Lanka.

2 the Dravidian language of the Tamils.

– derivatives
Tamilian adjective & noun.

– origin the name in Tamil.

'Tamil' also found in these Oxford entries:

cash - catamaran - cheroot - congee - corundum - curry - dosa - Dravidian - godown - kabaddi - Malayalam - mulligatawny - pandal - papad - pariah - patchouli - pongal - poppadom - sambhar - teak - tope - uttapam - vetiver

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