| liberation tigers of tamil eelam | (n) a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel, Syn. LTTE, World Tamil Association, Tamil Tigers, World Tamil Movement, Tigers, Example: the Tamil Tigers perfected suicide bombing as a weapon of war |
| eelam | (n) the independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for, Syn. Tamil Eelam |
| 泰米尔伊拉姆猛虎解放组织 | [泰 米 尔 伊 拉 姆 猛 虎 解 放 组 织 / 泰 米 爾 伊 拉 姆 猛 虎 解 放 組 織] Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam [Add to Longdo] |