Passaiyoor
பாசையூர் පාසායුර් | |
|---|---|
Suburb | |
  Passaiyoor  Passaiyoor | |
| Coordinates: 9°39′05.90″N 80°01′42.70″E / 9.6516389°N 80.0285278°E | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | Northern |
| District | Jaffna |
| DS Division | Jaffna |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Council |
| • Body | Jaffna |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,440 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone) |
Passaiyoor (Tamil: பாசையூர், romanized: Pācaiyūr, Sinhala: පාසායුර්, romanized: Pāsāyur) also spelled Pasaiyur, is a suburb of the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The suburb is divided into two village officer divisions (Passaiyoor East and Passaiyoor West) whose combined population was 2,440 at the 2012 census.[1]
Etymology
Passaiyoor, also spelt Passaiyur, derives it words from the Tamil words pāci and ūr (village). Pāci can mean fishery, but is also a name of the sea god Varuna.[2][3] The village has also been recorded as Passur in some historical counts of Jaffna.[4]
History
The earliest settlers of Jaffna, were according to local legend, a musician and his kinsfolk.[5] According to scholars is the place surrounding Gurunagar, Colombuthurai and Passaiyoor the surmised place where they first settled.[6]
References
- ↑ "Census of Population and Housing 2012: Population by GN division and sex 2012" (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. p. 154.
- ↑ TamilNet. "TamilNet". www.tamilnet.com. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
- ↑ "பாசி | அகராதி | Tamil Dictionary". agarathi.com. University of Madras Lexicon. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
- ↑ "Passaiyoor.org - Introduction". passaiyoor.org. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
- ↑ ICTA. "Jaffna Divisional Secretariat - Overview". www.jaffna.ds.gov.lk. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
- ↑ Rasanayagam, C.; Rasanayagam, Mudaliyar C. (1993-01-01). Ancient Jaffna: Being a Research Into the History of Jaffna from Very Early Times to the Portuguese Period. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 9788120602106.