Canara
Britishnoun
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In 1908, the following case, relating to the birth of a monster, was tried before the Sessions Judge of South Canara.
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
At Mulki in South Canara there is a temple of Venkatēswara, which is maintained by Konkani Brāhmans.
From Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston
The fourth division, from the gulph of Cambaya, to Cape Comorin, contains what is properly called India, including part of Cambaya, with the Decan, Canara, and Malabar, subject to several princes.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 by Robert Kerr
The third sort which are not so good as the second, they call Aia of Canara, that is to say, the kingdome of Bezeneger.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 09 Asia, Part II by Richard Hakluyt
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