Coonoor (TN)

Tam: குன்னூர kuṉṉūr ‘Mountain Slope’  Town/Taluk, Tamil Nadu From Bad/Tam: kunnu/kuṉṟu, ‘mountain’/ ‘escarpment’; Bad/Kan: ōra, ōre, ‘slope’. Coonoor is situated on the edge of a plateau, so the name fits.  The town is surrounded by tea and coffee plantations and...