Kanara

or Ca·na·ra

[ kuh-nahr-uh, kah-ner-uh ]

/ kəˈnɑr ə, ˈkɑ nər ə /

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noun

a region in SW India, on the Deccan Plateau. About 60,000 sq. mi. (155,400 sq. km).

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Words nearby Kanara

Kanak, kanaka, kana-majiri, kanamycin, Kananga, Kanara, Kanarese, Kanazawa, kanban, Kanchenjunga, Kanchipuram

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How to use Kanara in a sentence

This theory became generally accepted, when suddenly Dr. Bird found a brass plate in a certain Kanara monument, called a tope.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan|Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky
On the west coast are a remarkable series of backwaters or lagoons, fringing the seaboard of Kanara, Malabar and Travancore.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 3|Various
Pepper proper is confined to the Malabar coast, from Kanara to Travancore.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4|Various
Westward, the boundary between it and the Kanara (of the second division) runs in an irregular line to Goa.
The Natural History of the Varieties of Man|Robert Gordon Latham

North Kanara District forms part of the southern division of Bombay.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 6|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Kanara

Kanara

Canara

/ (kəˈnɑːrə) /

noun

a region of SW India, in Karnataka on the Deccan Plateau and the W Coast. Area: about 155 000 sq km (60 000 sq miles)

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