Kanarese

or Ca·na·rese

[ kah-nuh-reez, -rees, kan-uh- ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Kanara, a part of the Maharashtra province in W India.

noun

, plural Ka·na·rese.

1. one of a Dravidian people living mainly in the state of Karnataka, in southwest India.
2. Kannada.

Kanarese

/ ˌkænəˈriːz /

noun

1. -rese a member of a people of S India living chiefly in Kanara
2. the language of this people; Kannada

Word History and Origins

Origin of Kanarese¹

First recorded in 1830–40; Kanar(a) + -ese

Example Sentences

The Kanarese rivers have a larger body of water and a more regular flow than the streams of the Konkan.

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Their language is a corrupt form of Kanarese.

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He was, too, a man of fair intelligence and, though we conversed in Kanarese, he told me that he knew some English, which proved that he was a man of a certain degree of education.

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I can give no clue to the origin of the word, unless it be connected with the Kanarese LODU, "a stuffed cloth or cushion."

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I give first the Kanarese and then the botanical name of each.

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