Question

What do you mean by eelam

Answer 1

Eelam (Tamil: ஈழம், īḻam, also spelled Eezham, Ilam or Izham in English) is the native Tamil name for the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka. Eelamis also a name for the spurge (a plant), toddy (an intoxicant) and gold.

Answer 2

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Eelam means an independent state .
Earlier Tamil was also known as eelam.

By the 1980s several political organisation like LTTE ( Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ) were formed the demanding an independent Tamil Eelam( state ) in Northern and Eastern parts of Sri Lanka.