Tirunelveli (?t?r??n?lv?l?) n (Placename) a city in S India, in Tamil Nadu: site of St Francis Xavier’s first preaching in India; textile manufacturing. Pop: 411 298 (2001)Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014