From: "Hock, Zarina" <ZHock-AT-ncte.org>
Subject: RE: Why call a homeland "Eelam"?
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 15:04:48 -0600


You might try this newsgroup--soc.tamil.culture

--Zarina Hock

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From: Clara Joseph [mailto:cjoseph-AT-YorkU.CA]
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 1999 5:30 PM
To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
Subject: Why call a homeland "Eelam"?


Does anyone know the etymology/cultural/mythological relevance of the name
of the Tamil homeland in Sri Lanka, "Eelam"?  Why that name?
Thanks,
Clara



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