Canara
Britishnoun
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The Basel missionaries labour in Canara and Malabar.
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.
There is in Barbosa a description of the duello as practised in Canara, which is rather too like this one.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry
The fifth division begins where Canara parts from the Decan and ends at Cape Comorin, containing above 140 leagues.
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 Thurston, Edgar
He also obtained information for me from Mr. West, the Judge in Canara, and he consulted some intelligent native gentlemen on certain points.
From The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Darwin, Charles
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