Passaiyoor


Passaiyoor also spelled Pasaiyur, is a suburb of the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The suburb is divided into two village [officer division]s whose combined population was 2,440 at the 2012 census.

Etymology

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

History

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