Kozhikode

[koh-zhi-kohd]

noun

1. a city in western Kerala, in southwest India.

Kozhikode

/ ˌkəʊʒɪˈkəʊd /

noun

1. Also called: Calicut. a port in SW India, in W Kerala on the Malabar coast: important European trading post (1511–1765): formerly calico-manufacturing. Pop: 436 527 (2001)

Example Sentences

In August 2020, Air India Express Flight 1344 crashed after skidding off a rain-soaked tabletop runway in Kozhikode, killing 21 people.

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Nair died in a hospital in Kerala's Kozhikode district, where he was admitted a few days ago with breathing difficulties.

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Finally, they went to the Baby Memorial Hospital in Kozhikode, where the boy was treated by Dr Abdul Rauf, a consultant paediatric intensivist.

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Afnan began experiencing the symptoms five days after he had gone for a swim in a local pond in Kozhikode district.

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When a severe drought hit the Indian city of Kozhikode, also known as Calicut, in 2016, residents including student Swapnil Shrivastav had access to a limited amount of water each day.

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