| Passaiyoor | |
| Native Name: | பாசையூர் පාසායුර් |
| Settlement Type: | Suburb |
| Pushpin Map: | Sri Lanka Northern Province#Sri Lanka |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Sri Lanka |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Type3: | DS Division |
| Subdivision Name1: | Northern |
| Subdivision Name2: | Jaffna |
| Subdivision Name3: | Jaffna |
| Government Type: | Municipal Council |
| Governing Body: | Jaffna |
| Area Footnotes: | Metric |
| Population Total: | 2440 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Passaiyoor also spelled Pasaiyur, is a suburb of the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The suburb is divided into two village officer divisions (Passaiyoor East and Passaiyoor West) whose combined population was 2,440 at the 2012 census.[1]
Passaiyoor, also spelt Passaiyur, derives it words from the Tamil words pāci and ūr (village). Pāci can mean fishery, but is also a name of the sea god Varuna.[2] [3] The village has also been recorded as Passur in some historical counts of Jaffna.[4]
The earliest settlers of Jaffna, were according to local legend, a musician and his kinsfolk.[5] According to scholars is the place surrounding Gurunagar, Colombuthurai and Passaiyoor the surmised place where they first settled.[6]