Hosapete/Hospet (Kar)

Kan:  ಹೊಸಪೇಟೆ hosapēṭe ‘New City’  [Nagalapura, Hospet]  City/District, Karnataka  From Kan: hosa, ‘new’; pete, ‘town’, ‘suburb’, ‘market’ [Tam: pēṭṭai]. Krishnadevaraya, a 16thC Vijayanagara emperor, built Hosapete and named it after his mother, Naagalaambika (the...