Kerala
/ˈkɛ.ɹə.lə/
Kerala proper noun: a state in southern India. Capital: Thiruvananthapuram (formerly known as Trivandrum). Largest city: Kochi (formerly known as Cochin).
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Proper noun
Kerala
- A state in southern India. Capital: Thiruvananthapuram (formerly known as Trivandrum). Largest city: Kochi (formerly known as Cochin).
- Synonyms:
- Malabar, Malabar Coast
Kerala meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Kerala in Hindi
- state in southern India
- केरल keral
Kerala in Tamil
- state in southern India
- கேரளம் kēraḷam
Kerala in Marathi
- state in southern India
- केरळ keraḷ
Kerala in Urdu
- state in southern India
- کیرلا keralā
More languagesFewer languages
- Kerala in Bengali
- কেরালা kerala, কেরল kerol
- Kerala in Telugu
- కేరళం kēraḷaṁ
- Kerala in Malayalam
- കേരളം kēraḷaṁ
- Kerala in Kannada
- ಕೇರಳ kēraḷa
- Kerala in Punjabi
- ਕੇਰਲਾ kerlā
- Kerala in Gujarati
- કેરળ keraḷ
- Kerala in Odia
- କେରଳ keraḷa
- Kerala in Sanskrit
- केवल kévala
- Kerala in Assamese
- কেৰেলা kerela
- Kerala in Arabic
- كِيرَلَا kiralā
- Kerala in Persian
- کرلا keralâ, کرالا kerâlâ
- Kerala in Thai
- เกรละ gee-rá-lá
- Kerala in Myanmar
- ကဲရာလာ kai:rala
- Dhivehi
- ކެރެލާ kerelā
Synonyms of Kerala
Forms of Kerala
| alternative form | Keralam |
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Origin of Kerala
Borrowed from Malayalam കേരളം (kēraḷaṁ), which is of uncertain origin. One popular theory derives the name from Malayalam കേരം (kēraṁ, “coconut tree”) and Malayalam അളം (aḷaṁ, “land”), thus "land of coconuts", which is also the state's nickname. More at Kerala § Etymology on Wikipedia.
Words formed from Kerala
Questions about Kerala
- What does Kerala mean?
- Kerala means a state in southern India. Capital: Thiruvananthapuram (formerly known as Trivandrum). Largest city: Kochi (formerly known as Cochin).
- What is Kerala in Hindi?
- Kerala in Hindi is केरल (keral). See Kerala meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Kerala?
- Kerala is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Kerala?
- Kerala is pronounced /ˈkɛ.ɹə.lə/.
Words near Kerala in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Kerala (page history and authors); केवल (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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