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Batticaloa is an English word. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Batticaloa in a sentence

Batticaloa meaning

A city in Sri Lanka.

Using Batticaloa

  • The main meaning on this page is: A city in Sri Lanka.
  • In the example corpus, batticaloa often appears in combinations such as: in batticaloa, to batticaloa.

Context around Batticaloa

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

via 1×

Sentence patterns with Batticaloa

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and that batticaloa hq police 1× church in batticaloa in the 1× galle to batticaloa via pottuvil 1× hambantota to batticaloa can be 1× happened in batticaloa where police 1× lanka between batticaloa and point 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

but the worst 1× police believe that 1× police said that 1× the sea area 1× the sea areas 1× the system is 1×

Common sentence endings:

be fairly rough 1× conducting further investigations 1× december evening night 1× in the east 1× kmph at times 1× stop the march 1×

Words around Batticaloa

Just before it in the word index:

battiato 3 batti 8 batth 4 battey 8 battery 4.180 batterville 2

Just after it in the word index:

battick 2 battier 4 battin 12 batting 907 battinson 2 battir 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaba 10 aafc 10 aaib 10 aalbers 10 abbate 10 abbesses 10

Corpus analysis for Batticaloa

  • In this selection, "batticaloa" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, via stand out and add context to how "batticaloa" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and that batticaloa hq police and church in batticaloa in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "batticaloa" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with batticaloa

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The sea area off the coast extending from Galle to Batticaloa via Pottuvil can be fairly rough. (17 words)

Police said that Rs 2 million in cash was found inside her home and that Batticaloa HQ Police and the Criminal Investigations Unit are conducting further investigations. (27 words)

But the worst and most serious obstructions happened in Batticaloa, where police tried to mislead the Magistrate in their desperation to get a court order to stop the march. (29 words)

Longer example sentences

The sea areas off the coast extending from Mannar to Balapitiya via Puttalam and Colombo, and the sea area off the coast extending from Hambantota to Batticaloa can be fairly rough at times as the wind speed can increase up to 50 kmph at times. (45 words)

Police believe that radical Muslim preacher Zahran led the NTJ - or a splinter faction - to mount the attacks in Colombo as well as on a church in Batticaloa in the east. (31 words)

The system is very likely to move west-northwestwards and cross eastern coast of Sri Lanka between Batticaloa and Point-Pedro, close to Trincomalee around today (02nd December) evening/night. (30 words)

Example sentences (6)

But the worst and most serious obstructions happened in Batticaloa, where police tried to mislead the Magistrate in their desperation to get a court order to stop the march.

The system is very likely to move west-northwestwards and cross eastern coast of Sri Lanka between Batticaloa and Point-Pedro, close to Trincomalee around today (02nd December) evening/night.

Police believe that radical Muslim preacher Zahran led the NTJ - or a splinter faction - to mount the attacks in Colombo as well as on a church in Batticaloa in the east.

Police said that Rs 2 million in cash was found inside her home and that Batticaloa HQ Police and the Criminal Investigations Unit are conducting further investigations.

The sea area off the coast extending from Galle to Batticaloa via Pottuvil can be fairly rough.

The sea areas off the coast extending from Mannar to Balapitiya via Puttalam and Colombo, and the sea area off the coast extending from Hambantota to Batticaloa can be fairly rough at times as the wind speed can increase up to 50 kmph at times.

Common combinations with batticaloa

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • in batticaloa 2×
  • to batticaloa 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "batticaloa" in a sentence?
An example: "But the worst and most serious obstructions happened in Batticaloa, where police tried to mislead the Magistrate in their desperation to get a court order to stop the march." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "batticaloa" from authentic English texts.
What does "batticaloa" mean?
Batticaloa means: A city in Sri Lanka.
How many example sentences with "batticaloa" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "batticaloa", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.