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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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A thousand miles to the south, in the city of Coimbatore, a busy automotive parts entrepreneur, M. Ramesh, faces the flip side of India’s profound employment challenge.

From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2023

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

She returned to India shortly after, and taught botany in her home state before joining the Sugarcane Breeding Station at Coimbatore.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2022

A nomad Dommara, whom I saw at Coimbatore, carried a bag containing a miscellaneous assortment of rubbish used in his capacity as medicine-man and snake-charmer, which included a collection of spurious jackal horns.

From Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Thurston, Edgar

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