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 • 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
Alappuzha is a coastal town of lush paddy fields and coconut groves in southern Kerala, around 39 miles from the city of Kochi.
From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2013
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