Coromandel Coast

American  

[kawr-uh-man-dl, kor-, kawr-, kor-] / ˈkɔr əˈmæn dl, ˈkɒr-, ˌkɔr-, ˌkɒr- /

noun

1. a coastal region in SE India, S of the Krishna River.

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Coromandel Coast British  

/ ˌkɒrəˈmændəl /

noun

1. the SE coast of India, along the Bay of Bengal, extending from Point Calimere to the mouth of the Krishna River

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Example Sentences

Kalingas were the people of the upper part of the Coromandel Coast, well known, in the traditions of the Eastern Archipelago, as Kling.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

India, too, is considered by Parlatore to have been the original home of the herbaceous type, and he specially fixes the Coromandel Coast as the first centre from which it sprang.

From The Story of the Cotton Plant by Wilkinson, Frederick

D'Orves, Comte, French Admiral, commands in East Indies, 1781, 235, 236; joined by Suffren, 239; sails for Coromandel Coast, 240; dies, and succeeded by Suffren, 240.

From The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

Cuddalore, British post in India, on Coromandel Coast, besieged by Hyder Ali and Suffren, 242; taken by Hyder Ali, 244; British attempt to retake, 252; relieved by Suffren, 252-254.

From The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

India, China, Arabia, Persia, Asia Minor, Africa, and the Coromandel Coast all have a common type of plant which probably first grew in the latter place and was transplanted from there to the other countries.

From Carl and the Cotton Gin by Bassett, Sara Ware