Kochi

[ koh-chee; Japanese kaw-chee ]

noun

1. a seaport on central Shikoku, in SW Japan.
2. Formerly Cochin. a seaport in W Kerala, in SW India: first European fort in India, built by Portuguese in 1503.

Kochi

/ kəʊˈtʃiː /

noun

1. a port in SW Japan, on central Shikoku on Urado Bay. Pop: 326 490 (2002 est)
2. another name for Cochin

Example Sentences

He works for the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology in Kochi.

From Science News For Students

The Indian coast guard was called and a few days later, they intercepted the Enrica Lexie and guided it to the port of Kochi.

From The Daily Beast

When the vizier came to the door, Ocho-Kochi called out from the inside: ‘Master sleeps, wake him not, or he will beat me.’

From Project Gutenberg

An interesting thing in Kochi is the area by the sea in which two crops of rice are grown in the year.

From Project Gutenberg

The king was amazed, he set out for the castle, and said to Ocho-Kochi: ‘Open the door to me.’

From Project Gutenberg

Laelaps kochi was less commonly found than Eulaelaps stabularis and Atricholaelaps glasgowi.

From Project Gutenberg

The vizier made no reply to Ocho-Kochi, but went back and told the king what he had heard.

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