बिनि मुंखौ वेल्सनि सुंथागिरि सेन्थनि मुंआव दोननाय जादों मोन मानोना बै सामाव मद्रासनि रायजोगिरि, एलिहु येलआ वेल्स मोन।
It was named for the patron saint of Wales because the governor of Madras at the time, Elihu Yale, was Welsh.