Kochi

[ koh-chee; Japanese kaw-chee ]

noun

1. a seaport on central Shikoku, in SW Japan.
2. Formerly Cochin. a seaport in W Kerala, in SW India: first European fort in India, built by Portuguese in 1503.

Kochi

/ kəʊˈtʃiː /

noun

1. a port in SW Japan, on central Shikoku on Urado Bay. Pop: 326 490 (2002 est)
2. another name for Cochin

Example Sentences

Bhavana Menon, who has worked in more than 80 films in southern Indian languages and won a number of prestigious awards, was assaulted by a group of men while travelling from Thrissur to Kochi in February 2017.

From BBC

In Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, 10 municipalities opened at least 75 evacuation shelters by Friday morning , according to Kyodo news agency.

From BBC

In the town of Kuroshio, also in Kochi, elderly residents and others were urged to evacuate voluntarily to safer locations.

From BBC

Preliminary interviews with officials in Kochi, India, confirmed the credit for their resilience was due to many of the factors the team had identified in the data.

From Science Daily

The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Thursday that six in Ehime prefecture, one in neighboring Kochi and two others in Oita on Kyushu island suffered minor injuries, mostly from falling at home.

From Seattle Times