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- noun Alternative form of
Kochi . (city in India)
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Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images Indian ground staff removed plastic covers from the cricket field before the start of the first One Day International between India and Australia in Cochin, Oct 17.
India in Pictures 2010
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There is a 100 storied building coming up in Cochin, Kerala know as The Kochi International Trade and Exhibition Center.
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At daybreak yesterday we were steaming up a branch of the great Me-kong river in Cochin China, a muddy stream, densely fringed by the nipah palm, whose dark green fronds, ten and twelve feet long, look as if they grew out of the ground, so dumpy is its stem.
The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883
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After all my fellow-passengers had driven off I stepped ashore and tried to realize that I was in Cochin China or Cambodia, but it would not do.
The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883
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(By the way, I am told that hydrophobia is unknown in Cochin China.)
The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883
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Kochi, formerly called Cochin, is a former European settlement with a large Christian population and a seafaring heritage.
India's Jews 2007
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From Goa I departed for Cochin, which is a voyage of three hundred miles, and betweene these two cities are many holdes of the Portugals, as Onor, Mangalor, Barzelor, and
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Cananor Cranganor, Cochin, which is a bishopric; and near Cape Comorin, the town and fort of Coulan.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784
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Often one ship loads entirely at Goa, and the rest go to Cochin, which is 100 leagues to the south.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784
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In the morning of the 28th, we saw Cochin, which is known by the towers and castle, being in lat 9° 40 'N. or thereby.
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