Kodungallur (Ker)

Mal: കൊടുങ്ങല്ലൂര്‍ koṭuṅṅallūr ‘Corner Town’  [Cranganore, Muziris]  Town, Kerala.  From Mal: kōḍu/i, ‘ end’, ‘corner’, ‘promontory’; nalla, ‘ good’, ‘fine’, ‘excellent’; and uru/uuru, ‘town’, ‘city’. Muziris was an important port with origins dating...