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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.


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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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

The devastating effects of these storm-waves is still further illustrated by the total destruction of Coringa, on the Coromandel Coast, in 1789.

From The Ocean and its Wonders by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

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)

Three hundred years ago, Madras, under the name of 'Madraspatnam' was a tiny rural village on the Coromandel Coast.

From The Story of Madras by Barlow, Glyn

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

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