Kozhikode

Kozhikode

a port in SW India, in W Kerala on the Malabar coast: important European trading post (1511--1765): formerly calico-manufacturing. Pop.: 436 527 (2001)
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Kozhikode

 

(Calicut), a city in India, in Kerala State, on the Malabar coast. Population, 334,000 (1971). A port, Kozhikode is the center for the processing and export of products of tropical agriculture, including coffee, coconuts, cashews, and spices. There is also sawmilling, woodworking, and the production of building materials and textiles. In the past, Kozhikode was known for the handicraft production of calico fabric. Vasco da Gama went ashore in Kozhikode in 1498.

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