Kerala

[key-ruh-luh, ker-uh-]

noun

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

Kerala

/ 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)

Example Sentences

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.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

A massive hunt was launched on Wednesday, with more than 200 police officers deployed across Karnataka state and the neighbouring Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Goa states.

Read more on BBC

"People often think cardamom is a lucrative crop - it may be. But it's also the toughest crop a farmer can cultivate," says Stanley Pothan, who has been farming cardamom in the southern Indian state of Kerala for decades.

Read more on BBC

"Last year's summer was brutal - we lost a significant portion of our crop to the heat. Guatemala, the world's largest cardamom producer, lost almost 60% of its crop that season, and we too suffered badly here in Kerala," he adds.

Read more on BBC

"We are mainly focusing on developing cardamom varieties that are tolerant to major diseases and pests, while also being high yielding and climate resilient," says Preity Chetty, assistant professor at the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Kerala Agricultural University.

Read more on BBC