Kochi
Americannoun
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a seaport on central Shikoku, in SW Japan.
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Formerly Cochin. a seaport in W Kerala, in SW India: first European fort in India, built by Portuguese in 1503.
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a port in SW Japan, on central Shikoku on Urado Bay. Pop: 326 490 (2002 est)
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another name for Cochin
Example Sentences
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The Lavan docked in the southwest Indian port of Kochi on Wednesday.
From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026
Her owner at the time parted ways with the Kochi racetrack and Urara disappeared for several years after her retirement.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025
In Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, 10 municipalities opened at least 75 evacuation shelters by Friday morning , according to Kyodo news agency.
From BBC • Aug. 9, 2024
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 • May 29, 2024
A former student of Hiatt’s at the Harvard School of Public Health, Kochi had begun to reexamine his program under the constant pressure from Farmer.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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