Palk Strait Syllabification: (Palk Strait)Pronunciation: /pôk, pôlk/Definition of Palk Strait an inlet of the Bay of Bengal that separates northern Sri Lanka from the coast of Tamil Nadu in India. It lies to the north of Adam’s Bridge, which separates it from the Gulf of Mannar. Palk Strait in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Palk Strait in the British & World English dictionary