Calecute

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Calicute
• Calecu (archaic)
• Calecut (obsolete)
• Calicut (obsolete)

Etymology

From Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ), perhaps through Arabic قاليقوط (“qālīqūṭ”).

Proper noun

Calecute f

1. Calicut, Kozhikode (a city in Kerala, India)