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Kanarese

American  
[kah-nuh-reez, -rees, kan-uh-] / ˌkɑ nəˈriz, -ˈris, ˌkæn ə- /
Or Canarese

adjective

  1. of or relating to Kanara, a part of the Maharashtra province in W India.


noun

  • Kanarese
    plural
  1. one of a Dravidian people living mainly in the state of Karnataka, in southwest India.

  2. Kannada.

Kanarese British  
/ ˌkænəˈriːz /

noun

  1. a member of a people of S India living chiefly in Kanara

  2. the language of this people; Kannada

"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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Etymology

Origin of Kanarese

First recorded in 1830–40; Kanar(a) + -ese

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Five other linguistic groups were already demanding that new states be carved for those who spoke Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarathi, Kanarese, Malayalam.

From Time Magazine Archive

The termination -RSEA probably represents ARASA, the Kanarese form for Rajah.

From A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): a contribution to the history of India by Robert Sewell

At the end of the session the Dewan's annual statement, or report, and an account of the proceedings of the Assembly, are printed in English and in Kanarese.

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

He was, too, a man of fair intelligence and, though we conversed in Kanarese, he told me that he knew some English, which proved that he was a man of a certain degree of education.

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

Tulu, Kodagu, Toda and Kōta can be described as lying between Tamil-Malayālam and Kanarese, though they are more nearly related to the latter than to the former.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various

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