Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.407
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.407
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c. 1050.—These islands are mentioned in the great Tanjore temple-inscription (11th cent.) as *Timaittīvu*, ‘Islands of Impurity,’ inhabited by cannibals.