Kozhikode

American

[koh-zhi-kohd] / ˈkoʊ ʒɪˌkoʊd /

noun

a city in western Kerala, in southwest India.

Kozhikode British

/ ˌkəʊʒɪˈkəʊd /

noun

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)

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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.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2024

Two infected people have died since Aug.30 in the state's fourth outbreak of the virus since 2018, forcing authorities to declare containment zones in at least seven villages in the district of Kozhikode.

From Reuters ● Sep. 13, 2023

She now teaches it to students in Kozhikode district.

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2023

Over the weekend, the federal government sent a team of experts to Kozhikode to help local officials trace contacts.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2021

For the past several days, Kerala State, where Kozhikode is, and which has a long history of ties to the Persian Gulf, has been drenched.

From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2020

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