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Mangalore

British  
/ ˌmæŋɡəˈlɔː /

noun

  1. a port in S India, in Karnataka on the Malabar Coast. Pop: 398 745 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The New Delhi-born entertainer grew up in the industrial west coast port city of Mangalore.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2023

Other Muslim women - like Wafa Veeksha, a lawyer in the southern city of Mangalore - say not wearing the hijab does not make them any less Muslim.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2022

Twelve years ago, he set up India’s first surfing school, popularly called the surfing ashram, in Mulki, a town near the port city of Mangalore.

From Washington Post • May 26, 2016

In 1999, Customs blocked hand-rolled unfiltered cigarettes from the Mangalore Ganesh Beedie Works in India, suspecting child labor.

From Time • Apr. 21, 2015

They moved on to grilled guinea fowl, baby carrots in herb butter and red Mangalore rice from India.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

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