English
Etymology
Borrowed from Malayalam കേരളം (kēraḷaṁ) which is of uncertain origin. One popular theory derives the name from Malayalam കേരം (kēraṁ, “coconut tree”) and Malayalam അളം (aḷaṁ, “land”), thus "land of coconuts", which is also the state's nickname. More at Kerala.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kerala
- A state in southern India. Capital: Thiruvananthapuram (formerly known as Trivandrum).
Synonyms
Translations
state in southern India
- Arabic: كِيرَلَا f (kiralā)
- Armenian: Կերալա (hy) (Kerala)
- Assamese: কেৰেলা (kerela)
- Bengali: কেরালা (bn) (kerala), কেরল (bn) (kerol)
- Bulgarian: Кера́ла (Kerála)
- Burmese: ကဲရာလာ (kai:rala)
- Chakma: please add this translation if you can
- Chhattisgarhi: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 喀拉拉邦 (zh) (Kālālā-bāng)
- Czech: Kérala
- Dhivehi: ކެރެލާ (kerelā)
- Esperanto: Keralao, Keralo
- Finnish: Kerala (fi)
- Georgian: კერალა (ḳerala)
- Greek: Κεράλα (Kerála)
- Gujarati: કેરળ (keraḷ)
- Hebrew: קראלה
- Hindi: केरल (hi) (keral)
- Hungarian: Kerala (hu)
- Japanese: ケーララ州 (Kērara-shū), ケーララ (Kērara)
- Kannada: ಕೇರಳ (kn) (kēraḷa)
- Khmer: ខេរ៉ាឡា (kheeraalaa)
- Korean: 케랄라 주 (Keralla ju), 케랄라 (Keralla)
- Lao: please add this translation if you can
- Latin: Malabaria f
- Latvian: Kerala
- Lithuanian: Kerala
- Malayalam: കേരളം (ml) (kēraḷaṁ)
- Marathi: केरळ (keraḷ)
- Mizo: please add this translation if you can
- Odia: କେରଳ (or) (keraḷa)
- Persian: کرلا (keralâ), کرالا (fa) (kerâlâ)
- Portuguese: Kerala, Querala
- Punjabi: ਕੇਰਲਾ (kerlā)
- Rohingya: please add this translation if you can
- Russian: Кера́ла f (Kerála)
- Santali: please add this translation if you can
- Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can
- Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
- Slovak: Kérala
- Spanish: Kerala
- Tamil: கேரளம் (ta) (kēraḷam)
- Telugu: కేరళం (kēraḷaṁ)
- Thai: เกรละ (gee-rá-lá)
- Ukrainian: Керала (Kerala)
- Urdu: کیرلا (keralā)
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Anagrams
Portuguese
Proper noun
Kerala m
- Kerala (a state in southern India)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /keˈɾala/ [keˈɾa.la]
- Rhymes: -ala
- Syllabification: Ke‧ra‧la
Proper noun
Kerala ?
- Kerala (a state in southern India)