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Calicut

Calicut proper noun: former name of Kozhikode: a city in Kerala, India.

Proper noun

Calicut

  1. Former name of Kozhikode: a city in Kerala, India.

Origin of Calicut

Borrowed from Portuguese Calicut, from Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ), perhaps through Arabic قليقوط (“qālīqūṭ”). Unrelated to English Calcutta.

Words formed from Calicut

Questions about Calicut

What does Calicut mean?
Calicut means former name of Kozhikode: a city in Kerala, India.
What part of speech is Calicut?
Calicut is a proper noun.

Words near Calicut in the dictionary

  1. calicular
  2. caliculate
  3. caliculato-ramose
  4. caliculi
  5. caliculus
  6. Calicut
  7. calid
  8. calidaria
  9. calidarium
  10. calidariums
  11. calidities

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