Malabar
Malabar, a region of the Indian state of Kerala, is historically famous as a major spice trade centre, and was the port of first call for Vasco da Gama on his maiden voyage on the Cape Route.Essential Destinations
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Kozhikode District
Kozhikode District or Calicut District is in Malabar, in Kerala, India.
Malappuram District
Malappuram district, is one of the 14 districts in the…
Kannur District
Kannur District is in Malabar area of Kerala state.
Kasaragod District
Kasaragod district ( is one of the 14 districts in the southern Indian state of Kerala.
Malabar
- Region
- …is also known as “Malabar region”
- Description: region of Kerala
- Location
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Latitude of center
11.8° or 11° 48′ north
Longitude of center
76° east
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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: “మలబార్ తీరం”
- Telugu: “మలబార్”
- Turkish: “Malabar”
- Urdu: “مالابار علاقہ”
- Urdu: “ملابار”
- Venetian: “Małabar”
- Western Panjabi: “مالابار”
- Western Panjabi: “ملابار”
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