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Chilaw is an English word. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Chilaw in a sentence

Chilaw meaning

a large town in the Puttalam district, North Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Using Chilaw

  • The main meaning on this page is: a large town in the Puttalam district, North Western Province, Sri Lanka.
  • In the example corpus, chilaw often appears in combinations such as: in chilaw, the chilaw, chilaw police.

Context around Chilaw

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 16.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

police 2× hospital 1×

Sentence patterns with Chilaw

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

and the chilaw police are 1× bangadeniya in chilaw while they 1× chilaw police is 1× family from chilaw had been 1× of the chilaw hospital 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

chilaw police is 1× reportedly the family 1× the body is 1× the missing fishermen 1× the murder suspect 1×

Common sentence endings:

conducting further investigations 1× contracting the virus 1× the chilaw hospital 1× the suspected individual 1× trawler yesterday 12 1×

Words around Chilaw

Just before it in the word index:

chilaquiles 13 chilapondwa 3 chilanzar 2 chilangwa 5 chilanga 17 chilala 3

Just after it in the word index:

chilblains 3 chilcoot 2 chilcote 2 chilcotin 13 chilcott 7 child 17.240

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 8 aacc 8 aacs 8 aafes 8 aankh 8 abasi 8

Corpus analysis for Chilaw

  • In this selection, "chilaw" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 16.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, police and hospital stand out and add context to how "chilaw" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and the chilaw police are and bangadeniya in chilaw while they. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "chilaw" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with chilaw

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

Chilaw Police is conducting further investigations. (6 words)

The body is currently kept in the mortuary of the Chilaw Hospital. (12 words)

Reportedly, the family from Chilaw had been detained and quarantined yesterday (29) under the suspicion of contracting the virus. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

The missing fishermen, aged 24, 48 and 50, are residents of Bangadeniya in Chilaw while they had set out to sea in a fishing trawler yesterday (12). (27 words)

Reportedly, the family from Chilaw had been detained and quarantined yesterday (29) under the suspicion of contracting the virus. (19 words)

The murder suspect has been identified and the Chilaw Police are carrying out investigations to arrest the suspected individual. (19 words)

Example sentences (5)

Reportedly, the family from Chilaw had been detained and quarantined yesterday (29) under the suspicion of contracting the virus.

The body is currently kept in the mortuary of the Chilaw Hospital.

The murder suspect has been identified and the Chilaw Police are carrying out investigations to arrest the suspected individual.

Chilaw Police is conducting further investigations.

The missing fishermen, aged 24, 48 and 50, are residents of Bangadeniya in Chilaw while they had set out to sea in a fishing trawler yesterday (12).

Common combinations with chilaw

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "chilaw" in a sentence?
An example: "Reportedly, the family from Chilaw had been detained and quarantined yesterday (29) under the suspicion of contracting the virus." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "chilaw" from authentic English texts.
What does "chilaw" mean?
Chilaw means: a large town in the Puttalam district, North Western Province, Sri Lanka.
How many example sentences with "chilaw" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "chilaw", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.