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Alappuzha

American  
[ah-luh-poo-ruh] / ˌɑ ləˈpu rə /

noun

  1. a port in SW Kerala, in S India, on the Arabian Sea.


Etymology

Origin of Alappuzha

From Tamil ālam “water” + puzha “watercourse, river”


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His funeral will be held near his hometown in Alappuzha district with full state honours.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025

This was a long way from Nair’s seaside hometown, Alappuzha, where kids played cricket on post-harvest paddy fields or unguarded construction sites, paved over to make way for railway tracks.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 31, 2019

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 ● Aug. 28, 2018

In Kerala, Reformed Murderer Nurtures Mentally Challenged Vasudeva Panicker, 61, is a mild-mannered watchman of a shelter for the mentally challenged at Punnapra, in Alappuzha district in southern Kerala.

From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2013

Matthew remains thankful to the people of Alappuzha.

From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2013

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