# Northern Province

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A province of Sri Lanka. Captial: Jaffna.

## Etymology
Either:
* A calque of Tamil வட மாகாணம் (vaṭa mākāṇam).
* A calque of Sinhalese උතුරු පළාත (uturu paḷāta).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/northern-province