Mirissa (SL)

Sin: මිරිස්ස – Tam: மிரிஸ்ஸ mirissa ‘Chilli Point’  SP,  Sri Lanka From Sin: miris, ‘chilli, pepper’. This could easily be a place where chillies were grown and perhaps ground on the miris-gala, a stone mortar and pestle for grinding spices. Mirissa is an...