Kanara

or Ca·na·ra

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

noun

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

Kanara

/ kəˈnɑːrə /

noun

1. 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)

Example Sentences

This theory became generally accepted, when suddenly Dr. Bird found a brass plate in a certain Kanara monument, called a tope.

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On the west coast are a remarkable series of backwaters or lagoons, fringing the seaboard of Kanara, Malabar and Travancore.

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Pepper proper is confined to the Malabar coast, from Kanara to Travancore.

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Westward, the boundary between it and the Kanara (of the second division) runs in an irregular line to Goa.

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North Kanara District forms part of the southern division of Bombay.

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