Coorg

/ kʊəɡ /

noun

1. a former province of SW India: since 1956 part of Karnataka state

Example Sentences

Ms. Medappa Maruvanda said her feelings for Dr. Edelstein were solidified six months later, in July 2020, when he met some of her cousins and began asking them questions in Kodava thakk, the language spoken in Coorg.

From New York Times

He was raised by Jewish parents in Richmond, Va. Ms. Medappa Maruvanda grew up in a Hindu family and was born in Coorg, a rural district in the Indian state of Karnataka, before moving to Bengaluru, formerly Bangalore, as a young girl.

From New York Times

One can imagine it being debated, phrase by well-turned phrase, over endless cups of Coorg kaphi, with the aromas of bidis and State Express 555s lacing the air, until another steamy dawn arrives over the Maidan and everyone stumbles out into the brief damp cool of morning, wondering what all that was really about, while the Hooghly River groans on like syrup to the bay.

From New York Times

Three weeks later, on May 4, they held a traditional Coorg ceremony at the Silver Spring Civic Building, during which their 300 guests, in lieu of an officiant, came up individually to bless the couple.

From Washington Post

Starbucks for a limited time later this year will sell a small-lot arabica coffee from the Tata Nullore Estates in India's Coorg coffee growing area.

From Reuters