Kanara

American  

[kuh-nahr-uh, kah-ner-uh] / kəˈnɑr ə, ˈkɑ nər ə /

Or Canara

noun

1. a region in SW India, on the Deccan Plateau. About 60,000 sq. mi. (155,400 sq. km).

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Kanara British  

/ kəˈnɑːrə /

noun

1. a region of SW India, in Karnataka on the Deccan Plateau and the W Coast. Area: about 155 000 sq km (60 000 sq miles)

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Kanara

Kanara, a rainy district on the W. coast of India, between Goa and Malabar, mostly malarial forest country, with the Ghat Mountains and many rivers.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

Mutuswamy was then appointed in succession district munsiff at Tranquebar, deputy-collector in Tanjore in 1859, sub-judge of south Kanara in 1865, and a magistrate of police at Madras in 1868.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

The return in question is to be found in the "North Kanara Gazetteer," and was supplied by the late Colonel W. Peyton, who wrote the section on Wild Animals.

From Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore by Elliot, Robert H. (Robert Henry)

Karwar is the headquarters of the Kanara district in the Southern portion of the Bombay Presidency.

From My Reminiscences by Hesh, Sasi Kumar

This theory became generally accepted, when suddenly Dr. Bird found a brass plate in a certain Kanara monument, called a tope.

From From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan by Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna)