Coromandel Coast

American  

[kawr-uh-man-dl, kor-, kawr-, kor-] / ˈkɔr əˈmæn dl, ˈkɒr-, ˌkɔr-, ˌkɒr- /

noun

1. a coastal region in SE India, S of the Krishna River.

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Coromandel Coast British  

/ ˌkɒrəˈmændəl /

noun

1. the SE coast of India, along the Bay of Bengal, extending from Point Calimere to the mouth of the Krishna River

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Coromandel Coast

Cuddalore, British post in India, on Coromandel Coast, besieged by Hyder Ali and Suffren, 242; taken by Hyder Ali, 244; British attempt to retake, 252; relieved by Suffren, 252-254.

From The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

Then, wanting to cross waters too deep for a pole, they invented the first paddles; and so made the same sort of catamaran that you can still see on the Coromandel Coast in southern India.

From Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas by William Charles Henry Wood

On the Coromandel Coast, at Madagascar, in the African waters, and above all in the West Indian and American seas, the pirates were a constant menace.

From The Green Flag by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Kalingas were the people of the upper part of the Coromandel Coast, well known, in the traditions of the Eastern Archipelago, as Kling.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith

D'Orves, Comte, French Admiral, commands in East Indies, 1781, 235, 236; joined by Suffren, 239; sails for Coromandel Coast, 240; dies, and succeeded by Suffren, 240.

From The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

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