Malabar Coast

English

Alternative forms

  • Malabar coast

Etymology

From the former general inaccessibility and unimportance of the interior to European traders.

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Proper noun

Malabar Coast

  1. (India, chiefly historical) Synonym of Malabar, forming the southwest coast of India, now principally the state of Kerala.
    • 1830, James Welsh, Military Reminiscences, volume II, page 142:
      A Muncheel is a kind of litter, resembling a sea-cot, or hammock, hung to a long pole, with a moveable covering over the whole, to keep off the sun or rain. Six men will run with one from one end of the Malabar coast to the other, while twelve are necessary for the lightest palanquin.
  2. (India, historical, inexact) The entire western coast of India.

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