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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).


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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

From this it appears that in North Kanara, during the twenty-two years ending 1877, 510 tigers were killed and 44 persons killed by them, one of whom was Lieutenant Power, of the 35th Madras Infantry.

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

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.

At the extreme south of the presidency of Bombay, separating the district of Kanara from the territory of Mysore, are the too little known Falls of Gairsoppa.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887 by Various

In south Kanara and Travancore it is generally held that the two deities are of equal greatness and in many places are found images representing them united in one figure.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

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