Tamil News papers and web sites gave several names to the cyclone which caused much damage to the country such as Neelam, (blue), Nilam (land), Nilaam.( a name).
It is a custom one of counties in the Indian sub continent to name the cyclone which is formed in the Indian Ocean.In this occasion the country has named it as 'Nilam' (Nilaam). This is a name used for females in many countries. Specially this name is mostly used in Malaysia, and Indonesia.
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