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• a variation of Kanara.

Canara

British  

/ kəˈnɑːrə /

noun

1. a variant spelling of Kanara

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From the Aliga to Mount Delli or Dilly is about 46 leagues, with these towns, Onor, Baticale, Barcalor, Baranor, and others of the province of Canara which is subject to the king of Bisnagar.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

The coast districts of Canara and Malabar being famed for their betel nuts, the trade name of the article was taken from the languages current there, and was tortured by the Portuguese into areca.

From Concerning Animals and Other Matters by Edward Hamilton Aitken

Fortunately for Bombay, Toolajee Angria's energies were at this time directed against Canara, where in two successive expeditions he sacked Mangalore and Honore, carrying off a large booty.

From The Pirates of Malabar, and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago by J. (John) Biddulph

In South Canara there was a well-to-do family, the members of which kept on depositing coins in the family undi, which were set apart for the Tirumala god during a number of generations.

From Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

In northern Canara it is used locally in rheumatism.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas