Mal: അടൂർ aṭūr ‘Valley Town’ City, Kerala. Mal: aṭi, ‘foot’, ‘bottom’, ‘base’; and Mal: ūr/oor village, town, city. Adoor features slopes, valleys and the heaviest rainfall in Kerala (1,418mm in July alone). For related place names see Indian Place names and Kerala...
Kerala (Ker) Mal: കേരളം keralam ‘Land of Coconut Trees ’. From Mal: kēram/chēra, coconut; and Mal: aḷam, coastal area. Kerala grows 45% of India’s coconuts (7.5 billion of them) and manufactures a wide range of coconut products from oil, milk and honey to ropes, mats...
