Alappuzha
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Alappuzha
From Tamil ālam “water” + puzha “watercourse, river”
Example Sentences
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His funeral will be held near his hometown in Alappuzha district with full state honours.
From BBC
Today, Kochi, as Cochin has been renamed, is a popular cruise ship stop and layover for travelers en route to houseboats that cruise through the idyllic backwaters of nearby Alappuzha.
From New York Times
Some 1,500 houseboats are tied up at Alappuzha, going nowhere, with many of the owners still paying off loans taken to buy the boats.
From Reuters
Shijin Jose Antony, a priest at a church in state capital Thiruvananthapuram, helped organize the deployment of 130 boats and some 500 fishermen in rescue operations in Pathanamthitta and Alappuzha districts.
From Reuters
“My family and neighbouring families are in trouble with flood in Pandanad nakkada area in Alappuzha,” Ajo Varghese said in a viral Facebook post.
From The Guardian
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