Canara
Britishnoun
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From the Aliga to Mount Delli or Dilly is about 46 leagues, with these towns, Onor, Baticale, Barcalor, Baranor, and others of the province of Canara which is subject to the king of Bisnagar.
The fifth division begins where Canara parts from the Decan and ends at Cape Comorin, containing above 140 leagues.
From South Canara, Mr H. Latham sent me a planarian worm, about two inches in length, which is believed to be the vettila poochi.
From Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston
There is in Barbosa a description of the duello as practised in Canara, which is rather too like this one.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Henry Yule
Finally we arranged with a British India steamer, the Canara, that it should 'deviate' and deposit us there for a consideration.
From Southern Arabia by Theodore Bent
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