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Ernakulam

American  
[er-nah-kuh-luhm] / ɛrˈnɑ kə ləm /

noun

  1. a city in S Kerala, in SW India, on the Malabar Coast.


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The situation was under control and the police and other agencies were investigating it, Ernakulam District Collector N S K Umesh told Reuters.

From Reuters • Oct. 29, 2023

The campaign in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, called the Cup of Life, encourages women to use menstrual cups instead of cloth or sanitary napkins.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2022

The initiative's organisers are taking menstruation simulators to malls and colleges in Ernakulam district to let men experience period cramps, in a bid to normalise conversation around the subject.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2022

This protest is about “saving our faith and that is why I came,” said Indira Krishnakumar, who traveled to the airport from the nearby city of Ernakulam.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2018

The chief means of communication is by boat along the backwaters; but in 1902 a metre-gauge line was constructed by the Madras railway at the expense of the state to connect Ernakulam with Shoranur.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various