Kerala

American  

[key-ruh-luh, ker-uh-] / ˈkeɪ rə lə, ˈkɛr ə- /

noun

1. a state in SW India: formerly the regions of Travancore and Cochin. 15,005 sq. mi. (38,836 sq. km). Thiruvananthapuram.

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Kerala British  

/ kəˈrɑːlə, ˈkɛrələ /

noun

1. a state of SW India, on the Arabian Sea: formed in 1956, it includes the former state of Travancore-Cochin; has the highest population density of any Indian state. Capital: Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram). Pop: 31 838 619 (2001). Area: 38 863 sq km (15 005 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

India holds the world's third-largest, rare earth reserves, about 8% of the global total, largely in the sands of coastal states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat.

From BBC

Adani Ports recently opened a new container-handling terminal in Vizhinjam, in Kerala, India, powered by remote-operated and semi-automated equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet, it notes, Tamil Nadu, with under 1% of the country's poor, received nearly 15% of the scheme's funds, while Kerala, with just 0.1% of the poor, accounted for almost 4% of federal allocations.

From BBC

"My films are not political, they are of human interest," Sudipto Sen, director of The Kerala Story, told the BBC last year.

From BBC

I felt no shame in admitting I had come to India as a tourist, curious to see everything from Assam’s tea estates and the Golden Temple at dawn, to Kerala’s backwaters, Mumbai’s khao gully street-food stalls and the Taj Mahal by moonlight.

From The Wall Street Journal