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Fort Kochi

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Fort Kochi is a region in the city of Kochi in the state of Kerala, India. [1]

61 relations: Afonso de Albuquerque, Anno Domini, Arabian Sea, Arabs, Catholic Church, Cattle, China, Chinese fishing nets, Chinese people, Church of South India, Cochin Thirumala Devaswom, Daivadnya Brahmin, Dutch East India Company, Dutch Malabar, English language, Ernakulam district, Fort Emmanuel, Fort Kochi Beach, Hyder Ali, India, Indian Standard Time, Indo-Portuguese Museum, Jain temple, Kerala, Kingdom of Cochin, Kochi, Kochi Municipal Corporation, Kodungallur, Kozhikode, Latin Church, List of districts in India, Malabar Coast, Malayalam, Mattancherry, Mattancherry Palace, Mundamveli, Nestorianism, Palluruthy, Paradesi Synagogue, Partition of India, Pedro Álvares Cabral, Pope, Portugal, Portuguese India, Portuguese language, Postal Index Number, Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica, Kochi, St. Francis Church, Kochi, States and union territories of India, Syrians, ..., Tehsil, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrippunithura, Tsunami, Vaishnavism, Vallarpadam, Vasco da Gama, Vembanad, Vypin, Willingdon Island, Zamorin of Calicut. Expand index (11 more) »

Afonso de Albuquerque

Afonso de Albuquerque, Duke of Goa (1453 – 16 December 1515) (also spelled Aphonso or Alfonso), was a Portuguese general, a "great conqueror",, Vol.

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Anno Domini

The terms anno Domini (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used to label or number years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars.

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Arabian Sea

The Arabian Sea, also known as Sea of Oman, is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the west by the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Peninsula, and on the east by India.

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Arabs

Arabs (عَرَب ISO 233, Arabic pronunciation) are a population inhabiting the Arab world.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Cattle

Cattle—colloquially cows—are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Chinese fishing nets

In India, Chinese fishing nets (Cheena vala) are fishing nets that are fixed land installations for fishing.

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Chinese people

Chinese people are the various individuals or ethnic groups associated with China, usually through ancestry, ethnicity, nationality, citizenship or other affiliation.

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Church of South India

The Church of South India (CSI) is the second largest Christian church in India based on the population of members, and claims to be the largest Protestant denomination in the country.

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Cochin Thirumala Devaswom

Cochin Tirumala Devaswom, also called Gosripuram is the biggest and most important socio-religious institution of Gowda Saraswat Brahmins of Kerala.

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Daivadnya Brahmin

The Daivadnya is a Hindu Brahmin caste of the west coast of India, predominantly residing in the states of Goa, coastal Karnataka, and coastal Maharashtra.

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Dutch East India Company

The United East India Company, sometimes known as the United East Indies Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie; or Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie in modern spelling; abbreviated to VOC), better known to the English-speaking world as the Dutch East India Company or sometimes as the Dutch East Indies Company, was a multinational corporation that was founded in 1602 from a government-backed consolidation of several rival Dutch trading companies.

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Dutch Malabar

Dutch Malabar, also known by the name of its main settlement Cochin, was the title of a commandment of the Dutch East India Company on the Malabar Coast between 1661 and 1795, and is part of what is today collectively referred to as Dutch India.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Ernakulam district

Ernakulam is a district of Kerala, India situated in the central part of that state.

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Fort Emmanuel

Fort Emmanuel (Fort Manuel) also known as Immanuel Fort is a ruined fort located at Fort Kochi beach in Kochi (Cochin), Kerala, India.

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Fort Kochi Beach

Fort Kochi beach is a beach along the Arabian Sea situated in Fort Kochi in the city of Kochi in South India, Kerala state.

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Hyder Ali

Hyder Ali Khan, Haidarālī (c. 1720 – 7 December 1782) was the Sultan and de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian Standard Time

Indian Standard Time (IST) is the time observed throughout India, with a time offset of UTC+05:30.

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Indo-Portuguese Museum

The Indo-Portuguese Museum is a museum in Fort Kochi, Kerala, India.

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Jain temple

A Jain temple is the place of worship for Jains, the followers of Jainism, Derasar is a word used for a Jain temple in Gujarat and southern Rajasthan.

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Kerala

Kerala is a state in South India on the Malabar Coast.

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Kingdom of Cochin

Kingdom of Cochin (also known as Perumpadappu Swaroopam, Mada-rajyam, or Kuru Swaroopam; Kocci or Perumpaṭappu) was a late medieval Hindu kingdom and later princely state on the Malabar Coast, South India.

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Kochi

Kochi, also known as Cochin, is a major port city on the south-west coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea.

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Kochi Municipal Corporation

The Kochi Municipal Corporation is the municipal corporation that manages the Indian city of Kochi (formerly known as Cochin).

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Kodungallur

Kodungallur (anglicised name: Cranganore), is a municipality in the South Western border of Thrissur district of Kerala, India.

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Kozhikode

Kozhikode, or Calicut, is a city in Kerala, India on the Malabar Coast.

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Latin Church

The Latin Church, sometimes called the Western Church, is the largest particular church sui iuris in full communion with the Pope and the rest of the Catholic Church, tracing its history to the earliest days of Christianity.

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List of districts in India

A district (zilā) is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory.

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Malabar Coast

The Malabar Coast is a long, narrow coastline on the southwestern shore line of the mainland Indian subcontinent.

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Malayalam

Malayalam is a Dravidian language spoken across the Indian state of Kerala by the Malayali people and it is one of 22 scheduled languages of India.

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Mattancherry

Mattancherry is a locality in the city of Kochi, India.

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Mattancherry Palace

The Mattancherry Palace is a Portuguese palace popularly known as the Dutch Palace, in Mattancherry, Kochi, in the Indian state of Kerala which features Kerala murals depicting portraits and exhibits of the Rajas of Kochi.

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Mundamveli

Mundamveli is a small town in Kochi, Kerala, India which is famous for its scenic beauty.

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Nestorianism

Nestorianism is a Christological doctrine that emphasizes a distinction between the human and divine natures of the divine person, Jesus.

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Palluruthy

Palluruthy (പള്ളുരുത്തി) is a region in the city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India.

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Paradesi Synagogue

The Paradesi Synagogue is the oldest active synagogue in the Commonwealth of Nations,.

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Partition of India

The Partition of India was the division of British India in 1947 which accompanied the creation of two independent dominions, India and Pakistan.

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Pedro Álvares Cabral

Pedro Álvares Cabral (or; c. 1467 or 1468 – c. 1520) was a Portuguese nobleman, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the discoverer of Brazil.

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Pope

The pope (papa from πάππας pappas, a child's word for "father"), also known as the supreme pontiff (from Latin pontifex maximus "greatest priest"), is the Bishop of Rome and therefore ex officio the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa),In recognized minority languages of Portugal: Portugal is the oldest state in the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times.

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Portuguese India

The State of India (Estado da Índia), also referred as the Portuguese State of India (Estado Português da Índia, EPI) or simply Portuguese India (Índia Portuguesa), was a state of the Portuguese Overseas Empire, founded six years after the discovery of a sea route between Portugal and the Indian Subcontinent to serve as the governing body of a string of Portuguese fortresses and colonies overseas.

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Portuguese language

Portuguese (português or, in full, língua portuguesa) is a Western Romance language originating from the regions of Galicia and northern Portugal in the 9th century.

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Postal Index Number

A Postal Index Number or PIN or PIN code is a code in the post office numbering or post code system used by India Post, the Indian postal administration.

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Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica, Kochi

The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica at Fort Kochi is one of the eight Basilicas in Kerala.

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St. Francis Church, Kochi

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States and union territories of India

India is a federal union comprising 29 states and 7 union territories, for a total of 36 entities.

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Syrians

Syrians (سوريون), also known as the Syrian people (الشعب السوري ALA-LC: al-sha‘ab al-Sūrī; ܣܘܪܝܝܢ), are the inhabitants of Syria, who share a common Levantine Semitic ancestry.

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Tehsil

A tehsil (also known as a mandal, taluk, taluq or taluka) is an administrative division of some countries of South Asia.

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Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram, also known as Trivandrum, is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Kerala.

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Thrippunithura

Thrippunithura or Tripunithura is a prominent historical and residential region in the city of Kochi in Kerala, India.

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Tsunami

A tsunami (from 津波, "harbour wave"; English pronunciation) or tidal wave, also known as a seismic sea wave, is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake.

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Vaishnavism

Vaishnavism (Vaishnava dharma) is one of the major traditions within Hinduism along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism.

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Vallarpadam

Vallarpadam is one among the group of islands, that form part of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India.

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Vasco da Gama

Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (c. 1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea.

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Vembanad

Vembanad (Vembanad Kayal or Vembanad Kol) is the longest lake in India, and the largest lake in the state of Kerala.

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Vypin

Vypin or Vypeen (വൈപ്പിന്‍) is one of the group of islands that form part of the city of Kochi, in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala.

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Willingdon Island

Willingdon Island is the largest artificial island in India, which forms part of the city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India.

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Zamorin of Calicut

Zamorin of Calicut (Samoothiri; Portuguese: Samorim, Dutch: Samorijn, Chinese: ShamitihsiMa Huan's Ying-yai Sheng-lan: 'The Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores'. Translated and Edited by J. V. G. Mills. Cambridge University Press for the Hakluyt Society (1970).) is the title of the Hindu monarch of the Kingdom of Calicut (Kozhikode) on Malabar Coast, India.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Kochi

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