Kanarese

Kanarese
/kah'neuh reez", -rees", kan'euh-/, adj., n., pl. Kanarese.
adj.
1. of or pertaining to Kanara, a part of the Maharashtra province in W India.
n.
2. one of a Dravidian people living mainly in the state of Karnataka, in southwest India.
3. Kannada.
Also, Canarese.
[1830-40; KANAR(A) + -ESE]

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