In dictionaries:
HMS Trincomalee
a Royal Navy sailing frigate built shortly after the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
Trincomalee District
one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country.
Battle of Trincomalee
fought between a British fleet under Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes and a French fleet under the Bailli de Suffren off the coast of Trincomalee, then Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka), on 3 September 1782.
Trincomalee Harbour
a seaport in Trincomalee Bay or Koddiyar Bay, fourth largest natural harbour in the world and situated on the northeastern coast of Sri Lanka.
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