Sentence examples for is of Tamil from inspiring English sources

(M.I.A. is of Tamil heritage).

Alagiah, who was born in Sri Lanka and is of Tamil descent, subsequently called the incident "unfortunate and inappropriate" but said he had accepted Eakin's apology.

Within a few days they were broken hulks, emaciated and covered in sores, more helpless than the original camp inmates.Pico Iyer, who is of Tamil origin, has written a very different book.

In their own violence-torn land, the men would probably not be roommates, said Melissa Winkler, a spokeswoman for the agency, since David, a former storekeeper, is of Tamil ethnicity and Aung, a construction worker, is of Chinese descent.

That the family was connected to the Ramanathapuram Hindu temple and was of Tamil Brahmin origin.

The median age was 31 years (IQR: 26-36), the majority were of Tamil ethnicity (97%) and had either no (28%) or only primary-level education (62%).

Crucially Malaysian-born Sebastian, who is of Sri Lankan Tamil, English, and Portuguese descent, represents modern multi-ethnic Australia.

Anaconda is word of Tamil origin anai-kondra meaning elephant killer Examples in English include cheroot ( meaning "rolled up"), mango (from mangai), mulligatawny (from, "pepper water"), pariah (from paraiyan), curry (from kari), and catamaran (from, "bundled logs").

The country has a population of 21 million, of whom about 3.2 million are of Hindu Tamil origin.

The hour of Erase-X was also the hour for reviewing the day's events, and the talk now was of a Tamil woman whose husband had sold the family hut in the course of a four-day binge.

There are reports of Tamil men and women of military age being separated at processing centres, removed from IDP camps and who might be in the custody of the government but cannot be accounted for.