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Coimbatore

American  
[koh-im-bah-tawr, -tohr] / koʊˌɪm bɑˈtɔr, -ˈtoʊr /

noun

  1. a city in W Tamil Nadu, in SW India.


Coimbatore British  
/ ˌkɔːɪmbəˈtɔː /

noun

  1. an industrial city in SW India, in W Tamil Nadu. Pop: 923 085 (2001)

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Tamil Nadu has announced plans for its expansion of the new system to five other vulnerable areas in the state, including Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Hosur, and Gudalur.

From BBC • May 20, 2024

Rens Goede's roundabout journey to the city of Coimbatore in southern India, in support of the "Save Soil" movement, will see him travel across 30 countries and will last an estimated two years.

From Reuters • Mar. 22, 2023

Youth climate activist and Fridays for Future India founder Disha Ravi has also criticized Sadhguru for "grabbing land from Adivasis," India's Indigenous communities, to build the Isha Foundation headquarters in Coimbatore.

From Salon • Dec. 11, 2022

Consider the yet-to-be-launched initiative to plant 2.4 billion trees in India’s Cauvery River basin, which is the brainchild of the Isha Foundation, based in Coimbatore, India.

From Slate • May 25, 2020

McMaster says that in some parts of the Coimbatore district the natives described this creature to Colonel Douglas Hamilton as a wild horse, and called it by a name signifying such.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

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