TAMIL

Tamil

(adjective) of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the language itself; “Tamil agglutinative phrases”

Tamil

(noun) the Dravidian language spoken since prehistoric times by the Tamil in southern India and Sri Lanka

Tamil

(noun) a member of the mixed Dravidian and Caucasian people of southern India and Sri Lanka

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Ta"mil, a.

Definition: Of or pertaining to the Tamils, or to their language. [Written also Tamul.]

Ta"mil, n. Etym: [Written also Tamul.]

1. (Ethnol.)

Definition: One of a Dravidian race of men native of Northern Ceylon and Southern India.

2. The Tamil language, the most important of the Dravidian languages. See Dravidian, a.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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