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Meaning of pettah | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A town, sometimes fortified, outside a fort.

Examples

“We had not hitherto seen the face of the enemy, but now the walls of both the Pettah —native town— and fort were lined with men whose arms glittered in the sun”

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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