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ದಕ್ಷಿಣ (dakṣiṇa, “southern”) + ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa), a translation of South Canara, a district of the erstwhile Madras Presidency.
ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕನ್ನಡ • (dakṣiṇa kannaḍa)
- a coastal district in Karnataka, India, located in the southern part of the Kanara coast