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Comorin

American  
[kom-er-in] / ˈkɒm ər ɪn /

noun

  1. Cape, a cape on the S tip of India, extending into the Indian Ocean.


Comorin British  
/ ˈkɒmərɪn /

noun

  1. a headland at the southernmost point of India, in Tamil Nadu state

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"But India, from the Himalayas to Cape Comorin, is going to remain one solid, united entity in spite of everything and everybody."

From Time Magazine Archive

In India the heat was creeping north from Cape Comorin, the heat which would grow to a relentless blaze scorching the country until the June monsoon.

From Time Magazine Archive

The land is vast and cruel, running some 2,000 miles from the icy peaks of the Himalayas, in the heart of central Asia, down to the steaming jungles of Cape Comorin, on the Indian Ocean.

From Time Magazine Archive

Discovered by Mr. R. Shunkara Narayana Pillay, of the Trivandrum Museum, in a tank near Cape Comorin, the southernmost point of the Indian Peninsula.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

From Bombay to Cape Comorin the passage was made with the daily sea breezes, blowing fresh in the afternoon, followed by calm prolonged through the night and the first part of the day.

From The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' by Pritchett, R. T. (Robert Taylor)