Kerala

English

Map of India with Kerala highlighted

Alternative forms

  • (historic) Keralam

Etymology

uncertain - one popular theory derives "Kerala" from "Kera" (coconut tree in Malayalam) and "alam", land, thus "land of coconuts" (which is also state's nickname)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈkɛɹələ/

Proper noun

Kerala

  1. State in southern India which has Thiruvananthapuram (formerly known as Trivandrum) as its capital.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Kerala m

  1. Kerala (state in southern India)

Spanish

Proper noun

Kerala ?

  1. Kerala (state in southern India)
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