a sea-port town, seated at the north-east end of the island of Ceylon in the East Indies. The Dutch took it from the Portuguese in 1658, but it is now with the rest of the island in possession of the British. They export from thence great quantities of tobacco, and some elephants, which are accounted the most docile of any in the whole world. E. Long. 8°. 25'. N. Lat. 9°. 40'.