Kannur

[kuh-noor]

noun

1. a port in N Kerala, in SW India, on the Arabian Sea.

Example Sentences

"People from the Pulaya community were considered slave labour and auctioned off with land," says Malavika Binny, a professor of history at Kannur University.

From BBC

During this time, numerous temples and family estates, especially in northern Kerala districts like Kannur and Kasaragod, host performances.

From BBC

Some 75% of the remaining mangroves across Kerala are in the hands of private individuals and could be cleared for more lucrative intensive shrimp farming, said M. Ramit, a program officer for the Wildlife Trust of India, who is working on a project to restore mangroves in Kannur, a coastal district in northern Kerala.

From Seattle Times

Before that, her father says, Afra didn't step out much from her house in Kerala's Kannur district.

From BBC

Shyja, who uses only one name, lives in Kannur district in the southern state of Kerala.

From BBC