Chalai may refer to:
* ''Chalai'', a name used in parts of Southern India and in Sri Lanka for fish called
sardine
Sardine and pilchard are common names for various species of small, oily forage fish in the herring suborder Clupeoidei. The term "sardine" was first used in English during the early 15th century; a somewhat dubious etymology says it com ...
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Chalai, Sri Lanka, a place north of
Mullaitivu
Mullaitivu (; ) is the main town of Mullaitivu District, situated on the north-eastern coast of Northern Province, Sri Lanka. A largely fishing settlement, the town in the early twentieth century grew as an anchoring harbour of the small sailing ...
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Battle of Chalai, fought 2009 during the Sri Lankan civil war
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Chalai (Thessaly), a town of ancient Thessaly, Greece
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