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Dakshina_Kannada

Dakshina Kannada

English

Proper noun

Dakshina Kannada

  1. A district in south-western India. Mangalore is its chief city and administrative headquarters.

Etymology

From Kannada ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ‎(dakṣiṇa, “south”) + ಕನ್ನಡ ‎(kannaḍa, “Kannada”), presumably a translation of the older name for the region, South Canara.

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