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Malabar

Malabar is a region in South India. The name of the region is thought to be derived from the Malayalam words mala and vaaram, westernized into -bar. The region is a part of The Malabar Coast, which in historical contexts, refers to India's southwest coast, lying on the narrow coastal plain of Karnataka and Kerala states between the Western Ghats range and the Arabian Sea.
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, also known as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of in India. The city is also known as the City of Spices. It is the nineteenth largest urban agglomeration in the country and the second largest one in Kerala.

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, formerly known in English as Cannanore, is a city and municipal corporation in the state of , . It is the administrative headquarters of the and situated 274 kilometres north of the major port city and commercial hub and 137 kilometres south of the major port city and commercial hub, Mangalore.

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is a little beach town near in Kerala state. For administrative purpose, is part of in India.

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or Calicut District is in Malabar, in Kerala, India. The population is 2.8 million and the density is 2,025 people per km2.

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is in Malabar area of state. The population is 2.4 million and the density is 813 people per km². Kannur has coastal and hilly towns and villages.

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, is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of , with a coastline of 70 km. The most populous district of Kerala, Malappuram is home to around 13% of the total population of the state.

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is a beautiful mountainous district in the Malabar region of located on the western ghats. It is sparsely populated and rural, with most of the land area covered with forests.

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( is one of the 14 districts in the southern state of . Its northern border Thalappady is located just 9 km south to , which is the southernmost portion of the major port city Mangalore, on the southwestern Malabar coast of India.

Malabar

Latitude of center
11.8° or 11° 48′ north
Longitude of center
76° east
Wiki­data ID
Q1534252
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Malabar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مليبار”
  • Armenian: “Մալաբար”
  • Basque: “Malabar”
  • Bengali: “মালাবার”
  • Catalan: “Malabar”
  • Chinese: “马拉巴尔”
  • Dutch: “Malabar”
  • Esperanto: “Malabaro”
  • French: “Côte de Malabar”
  • French: “Malabar”
  • German: “Malabar”
  • Hebrew: “מלבר”
  • Hindi: “मालाबार”
  • Indonesian: “Kawasan Malabar”
  • Italian: “Malabar”
  • Japanese: “マラバール”
  • Japanese: “マラバール地方”
  • Malayalam: “മലബാർ”
  • Ossetian: “Малабар”
  • Persian: “مالابار”
  • Russian: “Малабар”
  • Sinhala: “මලබාර්”
  • Spanish: “Malabar”
  • Swedish: “Malabar”
  • Tamil: “மலபார் பிரதேசம்”
  • Tamil: “மலபார்”
  • Telugu: “మలబారు ప్రాంతం”
  • Telugu: “మలబారు”
  • Telugu: “మలబార్ తీరం”
  • Telugu: “మలబార్”
  • Turkish: “Malabar”
  • Urdu: “مالابار علاقہ”
  • Urdu: “ملابار”
  • Venetian: “Małabar”
  • Western Panjabi: “مالابار”
  • Western Panjabi: “ملابار”

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