WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

LTTE
    n 1: a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as
         a student protest over the limited university access for
         Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent
         Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy
         including terrorist tactics that target key government and
         military personnel; "the Tamil Tigers perfected suicide
         bombing as a weapon of war" [syn: Liberation Tigers of
         Tamil Eelam, LTTE, Tamil Tigers, Tigers, World
         Tamil Association, World Tamil Movement]