pettah

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A town, sometimes fortified, outside a fort.
    — We had not hitherto seen the face of the enemy, but now the walls of both the Pettah —native town— and fort were lined with men whose arms glittered in the sun

词形变化

pettahs plural

词源

Borrowed from Tamil பேட்டை (pēṭṭai, “extramural suburb”).
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