A Sri Lankan guerrilla organization founded in 1972 that seeks the establishment of an independent state (Eelam) in the north-east of the country for the Tamil community. They waged an armed campaign until defeated by the Sri Lankan army in 2009.
泰米尔猛虎组织（1972年成立的一个斯里兰卡游击队组织，目的是想为泰米尔人在该国的东北部建立一个独立国家）。亦称LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM
Also called Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Definition of Tamil Tigers in US English:
Tamil Tigers
proper noun
A Sri Lankan guerrilla organization founded in 1972 that seeks the establishment of an independent state (Eelam) in the northeast of the country for the Tamil community. They waged an armed campaign until defeated by the Sri Lankan army in 2009.
泰米尔猛虎组织（1972年成立的一个斯里兰卡游击队组织，目的是想为泰米尔人在该国的东北部建立一个独立国家）。亦称LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM