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COROMANDEL COAST

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 184 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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COROMANDEL See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

COAST , a name formerly applied officially to the eastern seaboard of See also:

India approximately between Cape Calimere, in ro° 17' N., 790 56' E., and the mouths of the See also:

Kistna See also:

RIVER

river. The See also:

SHORE

shore, which is See also:

low, is without a single See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good natural See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, and is at all times beaten by a heavy See also:

sea. Communication with See also:

SHIPS

ships can be effected only by catamarans and See also:

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat-bottomed surf-boats. The See also:

north-See also:

east See also:

monsoon, which lasts from See also:

OCTOBER

October till See also:

APRIL

April, is exceedingly violent for three months after its commencement. From April till October hot southerly winds See also:

BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow by See also:

day ; at See also:

NIGHT

night the See also:

HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat is tempered by sea-breezes. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal places frequented by See also:

SHIPPING

shipping are See also:

PULICAT

Pulicat, See also:

MADRAS

Madras, Sadras, See also:

PONDICHERRY

Pondicherry, See also:

CUDDALORE

Cuddalore, See also:

TRANQUEBAR

Tranquebar, Nagore, and See also:

NEGAPATAM

Negapatam. The name Coromandel is said to be derived from Cholamandal, the mandal or region of the See also:

ancient See also:

DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty of the Chola. Its See also:

OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official use has lapsed.

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