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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southwest India on the Malabar Coast southwest of Bengaluru. It was the site of Vasco da Gama's first landfall in India (1498) and was later occupied by Portuguese, British, French, and Danish trading colonies.
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- proper noun A
city inKerala ,southwestern India
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KOZHIKODE: The 2010 edition of Malabar Mahotsavam, the annual cultural festival of Kozhikode, will feature some of the biggest names in entertainment, and for the first time, it will have a truly international flavour with performers from Sri Lanka and African nations gracing the stage.
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The Court based its conclusions on a number of detailed independent expert studies, including one that the Court itself had commissioned from the Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM), Kozhikode, which is a part of the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and the Environment.
Shashi Tharoor: An Open Response to "an Open Letter to Shashi Tharoor" 2009
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Imprisoned with her husband for 15 weeks in 1780 by Hyder Ali in Calicut, now known as Kozhikode, on the Malabar coast, they bribe their way out and make their way to Madras, which she tours by palanquin and finds "every where delightful."
NYT > Home Page 2010
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Imprisoned with her husband for 15 weeks in 1780 by Hyder Ali in Calicut, now known as Kozhikode, on the Malabar coast, they bribe their way out and make their way to Madras, which she tours by palanquin and finds "every where delightful."
NYT > Travel 2010
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Imprisoned with her husband for 15 weeks in 1780 by Hyder Ali in Calicut, now known as Kozhikode, on the Malabar coast, they bribe their way out and make their way to Madras, which she tours by palanquin and finds "every where delightful."
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A house named 'Kozhikode' in Karunagappally received a copy of the result and a youth identified as Vipin has been arrested in connection with the incident.
Kerala's SSLC Exmanination Result Set an All-Time Record of 92.09 % Pass 2008
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The biggest crowds were seen in the Muslim-dominated Malappuram district and places such as Kozhikode and Kochi.
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The biggest crowds were seen in the Muslim dominated Malappuram district as well as in places such as Kozhikode and Kochi.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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I want to express my feelings and to explain what happened to me … I want people to know how I have suffered, she said, speaking from the town of Kozhikode.
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Prof Bhat said a team led by him and K P Dinesh from the Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, P Prashanth from Agumbe Rainforest Research Station and Nirmal Kulkarni from Goa had encountered two specimens of this animal in 2004 and the team was in search of more of these to confirm that they are, indeed, a new species.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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