Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, LTTE, Tamil Tigers, Tigers, World Tamil Association, World Tamil Movement(noun)

a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel

"the Tamil Tigers perfected suicide bombing as a weapon of war"

Tamil Tigers(ProperNoun)

A guerilla and a conventional organization seeking the establishment of an independent homeland (u0B88u0BB4u0BAEu0BCD, eelam) in the northeast of Sri Lanka for the Tamil community.