ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕನ್ನಡ

Kannada

Etymology

ದಕ್ಷಿಣ (dakṣiṇa, “southern”) +‎ ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa), a translation of South Canara, a district of the erstwhile Madras Presidency.

Proper noun

ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕನ್ನಡ • (dakṣiṇa kannaḍa)

1. a coastal district in Karnataka, India, located in the southern part of the Kanara coast