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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Example Sentences

They are divided into four sections: Badagas from Mysore, Kembattis and Māringis from Malabar, Kukkas from S. Kanara.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various

This grass is very common in marshes and in wet low-lying places on the hills and occurs also in the plains in Malabar and South Kanara.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

It is bounded on the N. by the river Terakhul or Araundem, which divides it from the Sawantwari state, E. by the Western Ghats, S. by Kanara district, and W. by the Arabian Sea.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

Madhva Acharya, another distinguished Vedanta teacher and founder of a Vaishnava sect, born in Kanara in A.D.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

The coffee district comprises the landward slopes of the Western Ghats, from Kanara to Travancore.

From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)