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Dakshina Kannada

Dakshina Kannada proper noun: a district of Karnataka, in southwestern India. Mangalore is its chief city and administrative headquarters.

Proper noun

Dakshina Kannada

  1. A district of Karnataka, in southwestern India. Mangalore is its chief city and administrative headquarters.

Origin of Dakshina Kannada

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

Questions about Dakshina Kannada

What does Dakshina Kannada mean?
Dakshina Kannada means a district of Karnataka, in southwestern India. Mangalore is its chief city and administrative headquarters.
What part of speech is Dakshina Kannada?
Dakshina Kannada is a proper noun.

Words near Dakshina Kannada in the dictionary

  1. Dakotas
  2. Dakotaverse
  3. daks
  4. Daksha
  5. Dakshin Dinajpur
  6. Dakshina Kannada
  7. dakshinachara
  8. dakshinacharas
  9. daktarin
  10. daktyla
  11. dakuten

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