Plural form of tiger, 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

A Dravidian language spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu, India and in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, noun_ A member of a Dravidian people of southern India and northern Sri Lanka, One of a race of men inhabiting southern India and Ceylon, belonging to the Dravidian stock. The Tamils form the most civilized and energetic of the Dravidian peoples, a member of the mixed Dravidian and Caucasian people of southern India and Sri Lanka, adjective_ of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the language itself, Of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language