English Explanatory Dictionary

coromandel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of calamander.
  2. Synonym of Chinese violet.
name
  1. A town on the Coromandel Peninsula, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, named after HMS Coromandel.
  2. A mountain range in the Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand; in full, Coromandel Range.
  3. A geographic region of southeast coastal India, bounded by the Utkal Plains to the north, the Bay of Bengal to the east, the Kaveri delta to the south, and the Eastern Ghats to the west; located in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh; in full, Coromandel Coast.

Word forms

coromandel coromandels

Etymology

From the Coromandel Coast in India, a source of this wood.

Synonyms

calamander Chinese violet

Derived words

coromandel Coromandel Coast Coromandel Peninsula Coromandel Range Coromandel Ranges Thames-Coromandel
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