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Canarese

American  
[kah-nuh-reez, -rees, kan-uh-] / ˌkɑ nəˈriz, -ˈris, ˌkæn ə- /

adjective

Canarese plural
  1. Kanarese.


Canarese British  
/ ˌkænəˈriːz /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Kanarese

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The Lād subcaste is from Gujarāt, while the Lingāyats originally belonged to the Telugu and Canarese country.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

Foa, in the work above cited, gives another version from Orio Canarese, and also a number of Italian versions of the "Song of the Kid."

From Italian Popular Tales by Crane, Thomas Frederick

Karnata, Karnataka.—One of the five orders of Pānch Dravida or southern Brāhmans, inhabiting the Canarese country.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

Canarese caste of cultivators, of which a few representatives were returned from Nāgpur.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

Both these words probably refer to the same Canarese word, PATTUDA, "a silk cloth."

From A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): a contribution to the history of India by Sewell, Robert

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