Canara
See also: canará
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From Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa); the retroflex ḍ was reanalysed by Hindi speakers as ṛ (cf कन्नड़).
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Canara
- A historical region in British India composed of the modern districts of Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada, and Udupi.
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Borrowed from Turkish Kanara, from kanara (“slaughterhouse”).
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Canara f
- (historical) A town in Dobruja, in eastern Romania. Renamed as Ovidiu.