Passaiyoor
Passaiyoor
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Passaiyoor (
village officer divisions (Passaiyoor East and Passaiyoor West) whose combined population was 2,440 at the 2012 census.[1]
Etymology
Passaiyoor, also spelt Passaiyur, derives it words from the Tamil words pāci and ūr (village). Pāci can mean fishery, but is also a name of the sea god Varuna.[2][3] The village has also been recorded as Passur in some historical counts of Jaffna.[4]
History
The earliest settlers of Jaffna, were according to local legend, a musician and his kinsfolk.[5] According to scholars is the place surrounding Gurunagar, Colombuthurai and Passaiyoor the surmised place where they first settled.[6]
References
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing 2012: Population by GN division and sex 2012" (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. p. 154.
- ^ TamilNet. "TamilNet". www.tamilnet.com. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
- ^ "பாசி | அகராதி | Tamil Dictionary". agarathi.com. University of Madras Lexicon. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
- ^ "Passaiyoor.org - Introduction". passaiyoor.org. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
- ^ ICTA. "Jaffna Divisional Secretariat - Overview". www.jaffna.ds.gov.lk. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
- ISBN 9788120602106.
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