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Batticaloa
Batticaloa ((タミル語:மட்டக்களப்பு), ''Maṭṭakkaḷappu''; (シンハラ語:මඩකලපුව), ''Madakalapuwa'') is a major city in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, and its former capital. It is the administrative capital of the Batticaloa District. The city is the seat of the Eastern University of Sri Lanka and is a major commercial city. It is on the east coast, south by south east of Trincomalee, and is situated on an island. Pasikudah is popular tourist destinations, with beaches and flat year-round warm-water shallow-lagoons.
== Etymology ==
Batticaloa is a Portuguese derivation. The original name of the region being the Tamil "Matakkalappu" (translation: ''Muddy Swamp'').〔Dennis McGilvray, Crucibles of Conflict (Duke University Press, 2008)〕 According to Mattakallappu Manmiyam (மட்டக்களப்பு மான்மியம்) the word Mattakkallpu consists Tamil words "Mattu" (மட்டு) Matta-derived from "Mattam" (மட்டம்) means 'flat' and geographical name KaLappu. Mukkuwa named this place as KaLappu-Mattam or boundary of lagoon later it became Matta-Kallappu or Flat Lagoon.〔Mattakallappu Manmiyam (மட்டக்களப்பு மான்மியம் - நாமவியல்) Page 7〕 Also, Batticaloa has a nickname, "Land of the singing fish"〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title='Land of the singing fish', a tourist destination soon )〕 ((タミル語:மீன் பாடும் தேன் நாடு)) due to musical sounds that related to fish or aquatic creature in the Batticaloa Lagoon near the Kallady Bridge.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The land of the singing fish )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Batticaloa's 'Singing Fish' still in business )〕 BBC Radio 4 able to recorded the mysterious sound in Batticaloa Lagoon.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Singing Fish of Batticaloa )〕 The sound was broadcast by Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation in 1960s with the help of Rev. Fr. Lang, a Catholic priest.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=About Batticaloa )〕
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