1
: a Dravidian language of Tamil Nadu state, India, and of northern and eastern Sri Lanka
2
: a Tamil-speaking person or a descendant of Tamil-speaking ancestors
Examples of Tamil in a Sentence
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Underscoring how widespread the financing practice had become, the top purchaser of electoral bonds turned out to be a gambling mogul based in Tamil Nadu state who lavished money not on BJP, but on its smaller rivals.
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Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
In the past decade, as severe weather brought on by climate change has caused catastrophic flooding everywhere from Tamil Nadu to New England, demand for Waterstudio’s architecture has grown.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Srinivas and Pichai both grew up in Chennai, India, in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu—though the two were born 22 years apart.
—Lauren Goode, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2024
In southern Tamil Nadu state, many ethnic Tamils have decried the fast-track program’s exclusion of Tamil Muslims who fled Sri Lanka.
—Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
So far, Gingee leaf-litter skinks have been found in two nearby sites of eastern Tamil Nadu, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2024
Fatehi made her name across India performing what are known as item songs — special musical numbers inserted into a movie — in numerous Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films.
—Marc Schneider, Billboard, 26 Feb. 2024
Vietnam’s Tesla challenger is building a $2 billion manufacturing plant in North Carolina, is poised to break ground on another in India’s Tamil Nadu, and has yet another planned in Indonesia.
—Steve Mollman, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2024
The major regional parties, with influence in states such as Bihar, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu, are also family firms, with leadership often passing from father to son.
—Ramachandra Guha, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
In the past decade, as severe weather brought on by climate change has caused catastrophic flooding everywhere from Tamil Nadu to New England, demand for Waterstudio’s architecture has grown.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Srinivas and Pichai both grew up in Chennai, India, in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu—though the two were born 22 years apart.
—Lauren Goode, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2024
In southern Tamil Nadu state, many ethnic Tamils have decried the fast-track program’s exclusion of Tamil Muslims who fled Sri Lanka.
—Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
So far, Gingee leaf-litter skinks have been found in two nearby sites of eastern Tamil Nadu, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2024
Fatehi made her name across India performing what are known as item songs — special musical numbers inserted into a movie — in numerous Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films.
—Marc Schneider, Billboard, 26 Feb. 2024
Vietnam’s Tesla challenger is building a $2 billion manufacturing plant in North Carolina, is poised to break ground on another in India’s Tamil Nadu, and has yet another planned in Indonesia.
—Steve Mollman, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2024
The major regional parties, with influence in states such as Bihar, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu, are also family firms, with leadership often passing from father to son.
—Ramachandra Guha, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
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“Tamil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Tamil. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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