Meanings
proper noun
- A former guerrilla and conventional militant organization that sought the establishment of an independent homeland (ஈழம் (īḻam, “Eelam”)) in the northeast of Sri Lanka for the minority Tamil community.
Translations
Arabic نُمُور اَلتَّامِيل
- نُمُور اَلتَّامِيل (numūr at-tāmīl)guerrilla organization
Catalan Tigres Tàmils
- Tigres Tàmilsguerrilla organization
Chinese Mandarin 泰米爾伊拉姆猛虎解放組織 /泰米尔伊拉姆猛虎解放组织, 猛虎組織 /猛虎组织
- 泰米爾伊拉姆猛虎解放組織 /泰米尔伊拉姆猛虎解放组织 (Tàimǐ'ěr Yīlāmǔ měnghǔ jiěfàng zǔzhī)guerrilla organization
- 猛虎組織 /猛虎组织 (měnghǔ zǔzhī)guerrilla organization
- 泰米爾猛虎組織 /泰米尔猛虎组织 (Tàimǐ'ěr měnghǔ zǔzhī)guerrilla organization
- 泰米爾之虎 /泰米尔之虎 (Tàimǐ'ěr zhī hǔ)guerrilla organization
Danish Tamilske tigere
- Tamilske tigereguerrilla organization
Dutch Tamil tijgers
- Tamil tijgersguerrilla organization
Finnish Tamilitiikerit
- Tamilitiikeritguerrilla organization
French Tigres tamouls, Tigres de libération de l'Eelam tamoul
- Tigres tamoulsguerrilla organization
- Tigres de libération de l'Eelam tamoulguerrilla organization
German Tamilischen Tigern, Befreiungstiger von Tamil Eelam
- Tamilischen Tigernguerrilla organization
- Befreiungstiger von Tamil Eelamguerrilla organization
Hebrew הנמרים הטמילים
- הנמרים הטמילים (ha-namerím ha-tamilím)guerrilla organization
Hindi तमिल टाइगर्स
- तमिल टाइगर्स (tamil ṭāigars)guerrilla organization
Indonesian Macan Tamil
- Macan Tamilguerrilla organization
Japanese タミル・イーラム解放のトラ, タミールタイガース
- タミル・イーラム解放のトラ (Tamiru-Īramu kaihō-no torá)guerrilla organization
- タミールタイガース (Tamīru-taigāsu)guerrilla organization
Korean 타밀 타이거스
- 타밀 타이거스 (Tamil Taigeoseu)guerrilla organization
Norwegian Bokmål Tamiltigrene
- Tamiltigreneguerrilla organization
Polish Tamilskie Tygrysy
- Tamilskie Tygrysyguerrilla organization
Portuguese Tigres Tamil, Tigres Tâmeis
- Tigres Tamilguerrilla organization
- Tigres Tâmeisguerrilla organization
Russian Тами́льские ти́гры
- Тами́льские ти́гры (Tamílʹskije tígry)guerrilla organization
Spanish Tigres tamiles
- Tigres tamilesguerrilla organization
Swedish tamilska befrielsetigrarna, tamilska tigrarna
- tamilska befrielsetigrarnaguerrilla organization
- tamilska tigrarnaguerrilla organization
Tamil தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள்
- தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள் (tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ)guerrilla organization
Urdu تامل ٹائیگرز
- تامل ٹائیگرز (tāmil ṭāīgarz)guerrilla organization
Vietnamese Những con Hổ giải phóng Tamil
- Những con Hổ giải phóng Tamilguerrilla organization
Cite this entry
APA
Tamil Tigers. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tamil%20Tigers
MLA
“Tamil Tigers.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tamil%20Tigers. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tamil Tigers,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tamil%20Tigers.
Source: Tamil Tigers on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.