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Passaiyoor (Tamil: பாசையூர், romanized: Pācaiyūr, Sinhala: පාසායුර්, romanized: Pāsāyur) also spelled Pasaiyur, is a suburb of the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The suburb is divided into two village officer divisions (Passaiyoor East and Passaiyoor West) whose combined population was 2,440 at the 2012 census.[1]

CountrySri Lanka
TimezoneUTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone)
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Passaiyoor
பாசையூர்
පාසායුර්
Suburb
Passaiyoor is located in Northern Province
Passaiyoor
Passaiyoor
Location within Northern Province
Passaiyoor is located in Sri Lanka
Passaiyoor
Passaiyoor
Location within Sri Lanka
Coordinates: 9°39′05.90″N 80°01′42.70″E
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceNorthern
DistrictJaffna
DS DivisionJaffna
Government
 • TypeMunicipal Council
 • BodyJaffna
Population
 • Total
2,440
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone)
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Etymology

Passaiyoor, also spelt Passaiyur, derives it words from the Tamil words pāci and ūr (village). Pāci can mean fishery, but is also a name of the sea god Varuna.[2][3] The village has also been recorded as Passur in some historical counts of Jaffna.[4]

History

The earliest settlers of Jaffna, were according to local legend, a musician and his kinsfolk.[5] According to scholars is the place surrounding Gurunagar, Colombuthurai and Passaiyoor the surmised place where they first settled.[6]

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