"Kerala" meaning in English

See Kerala in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈkɛ.ɹə.lə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Kerala.wav Forms: Keralam [alternative]
Etymology: 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 templates: {{bor+|en|ml|കേരളം}} Borrowed from Malayalam കേരളം (kēraḷaṁ), {{der|en|ml|കേരം|t=coconut tree}} Malayalam കേരം (kēraṁ, “coconut tree”), {{der|en|ml|അളം|t=land}} Malayalam അളം (aḷaṁ, “land”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Kerala
  1. A state in southern India. Capital: Thiruvananthapuram (formerly known as Trivandrum). Categories (place): Places in India, States of India Synonyms: Malabar, Malabar Coast [historical] Translations (state in southern India): كِيرَلَا (kiralā) [feminine] (Arabic), Կերալա (Kerala) (Armenian), কেৰেলা (kerela) (Assamese), কেরালা (kerala) (Bengali), কেরল (kerol) (Bengali), Кера́ла (Kerála) (Bulgarian), ကဲရာလာ (kai:rala) (Burmese), 喀拉拉邦 (Kālālā-bāng) (Chinese Mandarin), Kérala (Czech), ކެރެލާ (kerelā) (Dhivehi), Keralao (Esperanto), Keralo (Esperanto), Kerala (Finnish), კერალა (ḳerala) (Georgian), Κεράλα (Kerála) (Greek), કેરળ (keraḷ) (Gujarati), קראלה (Hebrew), केरल (keral) (Hindi), Kerala (Hungarian), ケーララ州 (Kērara-shū) (Japanese), ケーララ (Kērara) (Japanese), ಕೇರಳ (kēraḷa) (Kannada), ខេរ៉ាឡា (kheeraalaa) (Khmer), 케랄라 주 (Keralla ju) (Korean), 케랄라 (Keralla) (Korean), Malabaria [feminine] (Latin), Kerala (Latvian), Kerala (Lithuanian), കേരളം (kēraḷaṁ) (Malayalam), केरळ (keraḷ) (Marathi), କେରଳ (keraḷa) (Odia), کرلا (keralâ) (Persian), کرالا (kerâlâ) (Persian), Kerala (Portuguese), Querala (Portuguese), ਕੇਰਲਾ (kerlā) (Punjabi), Кера́ла (Kerála) [feminine] (Russian), Kérala (Slovak), Kerala (Spanish), கேரளம் (kēraḷam) (Tamil), కేరళం (kēraḷaṁ) (Telugu), เกรละ (gee-rá-lá) (Thai), Керала (Kerala) (Ukrainian), کیرلا (keralā) (Urdu)
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Alternative forms

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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "state in southern India",
          "word": "Kerala"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "state in southern India",
          "word": "Querala"
        },
        {
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "kerlā",
          "sense": "state in southern India",
          "word": "ਕੇਰਲਾ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "Kerála",
          "sense": "state in southern India",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Кера́ла"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "state in southern India",
          "word": "Kérala"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "state in southern India",
          "word": "Kerala"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "kēraḷam",
          "sense": "state in southern India",
          "word": "கேரளம்"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "kēraḷaṁ",
          "sense": "state in southern India",
          "word": "కేరళం"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gee-rá-lá",
          "sense": "state in southern India",
          "word": "เกรละ"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "Kerala",
          "sense": "state in southern India",
          "word": "Керала"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "keralā",
          "sense": "state in southern India",
          "word": "کیرلا"
        }
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɛ.ɹə.lə/"
    },
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}
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "ml",
        "3": "കേരളം"
      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "t": "coconut tree"
      },
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      "name": "der"
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      "word": "Andhra Pradesh"
    },
    {
      "word": "Arunachal Pradesh"
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      "word": "Assam"
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      "word": "Bihar"
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      "word": "Chhattisgarh"
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      "word": "Goa"
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      "word": "Gujarat"
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      "word": "Haryana"
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    {
      "word": "Himachal Pradesh"
    },
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      "word": "Jharkhand"
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    {
      "word": "Karnataka"
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    {
      "word": "Kerala Kerala Keralam"
    },
    {
      "word": "Madhya Pradesh"
    },
    {
      "word": "Maharashtra"
    },
    {
      "word": "Manipur"
    },
    {
      "word": "Meghalaya"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mizoram"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nagaland"
    },
    {
      "word": "Odisha"
    },
    {
      "word": "Punjab"
    },
    {
      "word": "Rajasthan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sikkim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tamil Nadu"
    },
    {
      "word": "Telangana"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tripura"
    },
    {
      "word": "Uttarakhand"
    },
    {
      "word": "Uttar Pradesh"
    },
    {
      "word": "West Bengal"
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        "Bulgarian terms with redundant script codes",
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        "Malayalam terms with redundant script codes",
        "Marathi terms with redundant script codes",
        "Odia terms with redundant script codes",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Punjabi terms with redundant script codes",
        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Assamese translations",
        "Terms with Bengali translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Burmese translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Dhivehi translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Gujarati translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hindi translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Kannada translations",
        "Terms with Khmer translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
        "Terms with Malayalam translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Marathi translations",
        "Terms with Odia translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Punjabi translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Tamil translations",
        "Terms with Telugu translations",
        "Terms with Thai translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Urdu translations",
        "Ukrainian terms with redundant script codes",
        "en:Kerala, India",
        "en:Places in India",
        "en:States of India"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A state in southern India. Capital: Thiruvananthapuram (formerly known as Trivandrum)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "India",
          "India#English"
        ],
        [
          "Thiruvananthapuram",
          "Thiruvananthapuram#English"
        ],
        [
          "Trivandrum",
          "Trivandrum#English"
        ]
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    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɛ.ɹə.lə/"
    },
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Malabar"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ],
      "word": "Malabar Coast"
    }
  ],
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kiralā",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "كِيرَلَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Kerala",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "Կերալա"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "kerela",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "কেৰেলা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "kerala",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "কেরালা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "kerol",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "কেরল"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Kerála",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "Кера́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "kai:rala",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "ကဲရာလာ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Kālālā-bāng",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "喀拉拉邦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "Kérala"
    },
    {
      "code": "dv",
      "lang": "Dhivehi",
      "roman": "kerelā",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "ކެރެލާ"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "Keralao"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "Keralo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "Kerala"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳerala",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "კერალა"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Kerála",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "Κεράλα"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "keraḷ",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "કેરળ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "קראלה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "keral",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "केरल"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "Kerala"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Kērara-shū",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "ケーララ州"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Kērara",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "ケーララ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "kēraḷa",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "ಕೇರಳ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kheeraalaa",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "ខេរ៉ាឡា"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Keralla ju",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "케랄라 주"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Keralla",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "케랄라"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Malabaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "Kerala"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "Kerala"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kēraḷaṁ",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "കേരളം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "keraḷ",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "केरळ"
    },
    {
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "keraḷa",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "କେରଳ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "keralâ",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "کرلا"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kerâlâ",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "کرالا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "Kerala"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "Querala"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "kerlā",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "ਕੇਰਲਾ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Kerála",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Кера́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "Kérala"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "Kerala"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "kēraḷam",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "கேரளம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "kēraḷaṁ",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "కేరళం"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gee-rá-lá",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "เกรละ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Kerala",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "Керала"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "keralā",
      "sense": "state in southern India",
      "word": "کیرلا"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kerala"
}

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