Kochi/Cochin (Ker)

Mal: കൊച്ചി kōccī ‘Short Estuary’  [Kochchi, Cochym, Cochin]  City/District,  Kerala. From Mal: koccu, ‘short’, ‘small’; Mal/Tam: aḻi ‘rivermouth’, ‘place where the lagoon joins the sea’, ‘inlet to backwater’. Kochi is a port city with traditional links to trade with...