Malabar (disambiguation)
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- Malabar (Northern Kerala), northern districts of Kerala state
- Malabar CoastMalabar CoastThe Malabar Coast is a long and narrow coastline on the south-western shore line of the mainland Indian subcontinent. Geographically, it comprises the wettest regions of southern India, as the Western Ghats intercept the moisture-laden monsoon rains, especially on their westward-facing mountain...
, the entire south-western coast of the Indian peninsula - Malabar DistrictMalabar DistrictMalabar District was an administrative district of Madras Presidency in British India and independent India's Madras State. The British district included the present-day districts of Kannur, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Malappuram, Palakkad , and Chavakad Taluk of Thrissur District in the northern part of...
, a former district around Malabar (Northern Kerala); 1792–1956 - Dutch MalabarDutch MalabarMalabar, also known by the name of its main settlement Cochin, was 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...
, former Dutch colony; 1661–1795 - Zamorin, aka Kingdom of Malabar or Samoothiri; 12th Century - 1766
- Kingdom of CherasChera dynastyChera Dynasty in South India is one of the most ancient ruling dynasties in India. Together with the Cholas and the Pandyas, they formed the three principle warring Iron Age Tamil kingdoms in southern India...
, South India; 5th Century BCE - 1102 CE - Malabar HillMalabar HillMalabar Hill, a hillock in southern Mumbai , India is an extremely upmarket residential area, most known for the Walkeshwar Temple which houses the Banganga Tank. Situated at a height of 50 metres Malabar Hill, a hillock in southern Mumbai (formerly Bombay), India is an extremely upmarket...
, a neighbourhood of Mumbai
See also: List of feudal states of Kerala
Other
- Malabar, New South WalesMalabar, New South WalesMalabar is a suburb in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Malabar is located 12 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Randwick.-Location:...
, a suburb of Sydney, Australia - Malabar, IndonesiaMalabar, IndonesiaMalabar is an area in Indonesia in Java.It is in the province of West Java, in the Bandung District, south of the city of Bandung near Mount Malabar , a stratovolcano. It was formerly well-known as a hill station near to the town of Pangalengan for recreation during the Dutch period in Indonesia...
, a town on the island of Java, Indonesia - Mount MalabarMount MalabarMount Malabar is a stratovolcano, located immediately south of Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. The profile is broad with basaltic andesite type of geological stone....
, volcano in Indonesia - Malabar Island (also called Middle Island), part of the Aldabra atoll in the Seychelles
- Masjid MalabarMasjid MalabarMasjid Malabar is Singapore's only Malabar Muslim mosque. The mosque is located at the junction of Victoria Street and Jalan Sultan in the Kampong Glam district, in the Rochor Planning Area within the Central Area, Singapore's central business district...
, a mosque in Singapore - Malabar, Trinidad and TobagoMalabar, Trinidad and TobagoMalabar is a residential district incorporated into the borough of Arima in Trinidad and Tobago. It is noted for middle class housing. Its boundaries are marked by Omeara Road to the west, Tumpuna Road to the east, the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway to the south and Pro Queen Street to the north...
- Malabar, FloridaMalabar, FloridaMalabar is a town in Brevard County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,622 at the 2000 census. As of 2005, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 2,772 . It is part of the Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Malabar is...
, United States - Malabar Farm State ParkMalabar Farm State ParkMalabar Farm State Park is a state park in Richland County, Ohio, United States, located near Lucas and the Mohican State Park.Nestled in the hills of Pleasant Valley, Malabar Farm was built in 1939 by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Louis Bromfield and was his home until his death in 1956...
in Mansfield, Ohio, United States, the former home of Louis Bromfield
Botany
- MalabathrumMalabathrumMalabathrum, also known as Malobathrum or Malabar leaf, is the name used in classical and medieval texts for the leaf of the plant Cinnamomum tamala . In ancient Greece and Rome, the leaves were used to prepare a fragrant oil, called Oleum Malabathri, and were therefore valuable...
or Malabar leaf, classical or medieval name for Cinnamomum tamala - Malabar spinach, Basella albaBasella albaBasella alba, or Malabar spinach is a perennial vine found in the tropics where it is widely used as a leaf vegetable.-Names:...
, vine in the tropics sometimes used as a vegetable - Malabar pepper, a variety of Black pepperBlack pepperBlack pepper is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. The fruit, known as a peppercorn when dried, is approximately in diameter, dark red when fully mature, and, like all drupes, contains a single seed...
, Piper nigrum - Malabar nut, Justicia adhatodaJusticia adhatodaJusticia adhatoda L. ; syn. Adhatoda vasica Nees, is a medicinal plant native to Asia.The plant grows wild in abundance all over Nepal, India, and the Pothohar region of Pakistan, particularly in the Pharwala...
, medicinal plat in Asia - Malabar chestnut, Pachira aquaticaPachira aquaticaPachira aquatica is a tropical wetland tree of the genus Pachira, native to Central and South America where it grows in swamps. It is known by the common names Malabar chestnut, Guiana chestnut, provision tree, saba nut, Monguba , Pumpo and is commercially sold under the name money tree and money...
, wetland tree in Central and South America
General
- Saint Thomas ChristiansSaint Thomas ChristiansThe Saint Thomas Christians are an ancient body of Christians from Kerala, India, who trace their origins to the evangelical activity of Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century. They are also known as "Nasranis" because they are followers of "Jesus of Nazareth". The term "Nasrani" is still used by St...
, also known as Malabar Christians - Syrian Malabar NasraniSyrian Malabar NasraniThe Syrian Malabar Nasrani people, also known as Saint Thomas Christians, "'Nasrani Mappila'" and Nasranis, are an ethnoreligious group from Kerala, India, adhering to the various churches of the Saint Thomas Christian tradition...
, also known as Malabar Christians - Malabar ritesMalabar ritesMalabar rites is a conventional term for certain customs or practices of the native Catholics of South India, concerning the liturgical rites, which the Jesuit missionaries allowed their Indian neophytes to retain after conversion, but which were afterwards prohibited by Rome.The missions concerned...
, in Catholicism, named after the region of India
Individual churches
- Syro-Malabar Catholic ChurchSyro-Malabar Catholic ChurchThe Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in India is an East Syrian Rite, Major Archiepiscopal Church in full communion with the Catholic Church. It is one of the 22 sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches in the Catholic Church. It is the largest of the Saint Thomas Christian denominations with more than 3.6...
, an East Syrian Rite, Major Archiepiscopal Church in full communion with the Catholic Church - Malabar Independent Syrian ChurchMalabar Independent Syrian ChurchThe Malabar Independent Syrian Church, also known as the Thozhiyur Sabah , is a Christian church centred in Kerala, India. It is one of the churches of the Saint Thomas Christian community, which traces its origins to the evangelical activity of Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century.Considered part...
, also known as the Thozhiyur Sabah
See also Malankara for Malankara churches
Other uses
- MalabarsMalabarsMalabars is an appellation originating from the colonial era that was used by Westerners to refer to all the people of South India...
, a mistaken appellation for people of South Indian origin and Sri Lankan Tamils used by 19th century westerners - MalbarsMalbarsMalbars are an ethnic group of Tamil origin in Réunion, a French island in the Southwest Indian Ocean, estimated to number 180,000. There are no official figures because the French government does not collect census data on ethnic groups....
, People of Tamil origin in RéunionRéunionRéunion is a French island with a population of about 800,000 located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about south west of Mauritius, the nearest island.Administratively, Réunion is one of the overseas departments of France... - HMS MalabarHMS MalabarFive ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Malabar, after Malabar, a region of India: was a 54-gun Fourth Rate, previously the East Indiaman Royal Charlotte. She was purchased in 1795 and foundered under tow in 1796. was a 56-gun Fourth Rate, previously the East...
- USS Malabar (AF-37)USS Malabar (AF-37)USS Malabar was an acquired by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. Her task was to carry stores, refrigerated items, and equipment to ships in the fleet, and to remote stations and staging areas....
, an Adria-class stores ship acquired by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. Her task was to carry stores, refrigerated items, and equipment to ships in the fleet, and to remote stations and staging areas - SS MalabarSS MalabarThe SS Malabar was a P & O mail steamship of 917 tons launched in 1858 which was lost in Point de Galle harbor on 22 May 1860.The passengers had embarked on the Malabar when a gale from the northeast drove the vessel's stern on to a reef. The water began to rise in the ship's rear section and the...
, a series of steamships, including SS Malabar, also SS Malabar 1914, 1925, 1938 and 1945 - Malabar United FC, a football club, which is registered in Kochi, but has its training base in Kozhikode, based in Kerala state of India
- Malabar (chewing gum)Malabar (chewing gum)Malabar is a trademark French brand of chewing gum, launched in 1958 by Kréma. It is now a brand of Cadbury who is owned by Kraft.Famous for their long-running series of advertisements they first launched in 1958, it was not until 1969 that the now famous blond man wearing a yellow jersey on his...
, a bubble gum produced in France by Cadbury - Malabar, a fictional horse in The Rocking-Horse WinnerThe Rocking-Horse Winner"The Rocking-Horse Winner" is a short story by D. H. Lawrence. It was first published in July 1926, in Harper's Bazaar and subsequently appeared in the first volume of Lawrence's collected short stories...
(1926) by D. H. Lawrence. - Malabar Christian CollegeMalabar Christian CollegeThe Malabar Christian College or MCC, Calicut is one of the oldest and renowned co-ed institutions in Calicut, Kerala, India. It was established in the year 1909 by Protestant Christian missionaries from Basel, Switzerland with the aim to impart education to the youth in Malabar region without...
, a college run by Protestant Church of South India - 754 Malabar754 Malabar754 Malabar is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered in 1906 by August Kopff.-External links:*...
, an asteroid discovered by August Kopff - Malabar (typeface)Malabar (typeface)Malabar is a serif typeface designed by Daniel John Andrew Reynolds in 2008, and released by Linotype GmbH, now a subsidiary of Monotype Corporation.Malabar was a gold winner of the German Design Award 2010....
, a serif font family
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- Malabar (beans)
- Malabar Large-spotted Civet, a civet
- Malabar Whistling-thrush, a whistling thrush in the thrush family Turdidae
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- Behramji MalabariBehramji MalabariBehramji Merwanji Malabari was an Indian poet, publicist, author, and social reformer best known for his ardent advocacy for the protection of the rights of women.- Early life :...
(1853–1912), Indian poet, publicist, author, and social reformer best known for his ardent advocacy for the protection of the rights of women - Malabar Singh ThapaMalabar Singh ThapaMalabar Singh Thapa is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Rastriya Janamukti Party. After the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, he was selected to represent the party from the closed list proportional representation system. Thapa had contested the 1994 legislative election in the Rupandehi-3...
, Nepalese politician, belonging to the Rastriya Janamukti Party
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- Exercise Malabar, a multilateral naval exercise involving the United States, India, Japan, Australia, and Singapore
- Malabar BarbetMalabar BarbetThe Malabar Barbet is a small barbet found in the Western Ghats of India. It was formerly treated as a race of the Crimson-fronted Barbet. It overlaps in some places with the range of the Coppersmith Barbet .-Description:This species can be told apart from the Coppersmith Barbet by the crimson...
, a small barbet found in the Western Ghats of India. It was formerly treated as a race of the Crimson-fronted Barbet. It overlaps in some places with the range of the Coppersmith Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala) - Malabar BatteryMalabar BatteryMalabar Battery was a coastal defence battery built in 1943 during World War II at Malabar Headland, Malabar, New South Wales, Australia. The battery is also known as Boora Point Battery....
, a coastal defence battery built in 1943 during World War II at Malabar Headland, Malabar, New South Wales, Australia. The battery is also known as Boora Point Battery - Malabar BranchMalabar BranchMalabar Branch is a branch library of the Los Angeles Public Library located in the Boyle Heights section of Los Angeles, California.The Malabar Branch began in 1914 as a book depository in a Sunday school room at the Brooklyn Heights Methodist Church on the corner of Evergreen Avenue and Malabar...
, a branch library of the Los Angeles Public Library located in the Boyle Heights section of Los Angeles, California - Malabar Cancer CentreMalabar Cancer CentreMalabar Cancer Center established at Kodiyeri near Thalassery in Kerala state, South India is an autonomous centre under Government of Kerala...
, established at Kodiyeri near Thalassery in Kerala state, South India is an autonomous centre under Government of Kerala. MCC is constituted as a Charitable Society under Department of Power - Malabar ExpressMalabar ExpressThe Malabar Express is a train service in India, named after the Malabar coast, the anothersouth-western coastal region of India from Mangalore to Kanyakumari. As the name suggests, it connects the Malabar region in north Kerala to the south. This train runs between Mangalorecentral and...
, a train service in India, named after the Malabar coast, the anothersouth-western coastal region of India from Mangalore to Kochi - Malabar Hill ClubMalabar Hill ClubMalabar Hill Club is a sports club based in Mumbai, India. Membership at the club is limited and is difficult to procure....
, a sports club based in Mumbai, India. Membership at the club is limited and is difficult to procure. - Malabar LarkMalabar LarkThe Malabar Lark, or Malabar Crested Lark, Galerida malabarica, is a sedentary breeding bird in western India.This is a common bird of open country, cultivation and scrub, often at some altitude. It nests on the ground, laying two to three eggs...
, Galerida malabarica, is a sedentary breeding bird in western India - Malabar MigrationMalabar migrationMalabar Migrationhttp://www.kottayamad.org/malabar_migration.htm refers to the large-scale migration from Central-South Kerala to northern regions of Kerala called Malabar in the 20th century...
, refers to the large-scale migration from Central-South Kerala to northern regions of Kerala called Malabar in the 20th century. The migration started from early decades of 20th century and continued well into 1970s and 1980s - Malabar PrincessMalabar PrincessMalabar Princess is a 2004 French film directed by Gilles Legrand. The film is about a young boy called Tom, who is sent to live with his grandfather in the French Alps after his mother disappeared during an excursion with her husband, Pierre, in the French Alps...
, a 2004 French film directed by Gilles Legrand - Malabar Spiny Dormouse, a species of muroid rodent endemic to the Western Ghats of India
- Malabar TrogonMalabar TrogonThe Malabar Trogon is a species of bird in the trogon family. It is found in the forests of Sri Lanka and peninsular India. In India it is mainly found in the Western Ghats, hill forests of central India and in parts of the Eastern Ghats...
, a species of bird in the trogon family - Malabar WeddingMalabar WeddingMalabar Wedding is a 2008 Malayalam film, made in India, and directed by the Rajesh-Faisal duo, who are Priyadarshan's associates. The film had Indrajith and Gopika in lead roles....
, a 2008 Malayalam film directed by Rajesh-Faisal duo, who are Priyadarshan's associates. The film had Indrajith and Gopika in lead roles - Malabar danioMalabar danioThe Malabar Danio is a tropical fish belonging to the minnow family . Originating in Sri Lanka and the west coast of India, the fish has been circulated throughout the world through the aquarium fish trade...
, a tropical fish belonging to the minnow family (Cyprinidae) - Malabar grouperMalabar grouperMalabar grouper, also referred to as the estuary cod, greasy cod, spotted river cod or estuary rock cod, is an Indo-Pacific species of fish in the family Serranidae.-Range:...
, an Indo-Pacific species of fish in the family Serranidae - Malabar matthi curryMalabar matthi curryMalabar matthi curry, also known as "fish curry", is an Indian dish with Chinese roots. It consists of sardines semi-stewed in a Kerala-style curry with assorted vegetables, such as okra or onions. It is usually served with rice, bread, or tapioca. The dish is most popular in Kerala, Bangladesh,...
, a dish where the body of a Sardine, is semi-stewed in a Kerala-style curry with assorted vegetables such as okra and onions and usually served with either rice or bread or tapioca created by famous Thankappan - Malabar rainforestsMalabar rainforestsThe term Malabar rainforests refers to one or more distinct ecoregions recognized by biogeographers:# the Malabar Coast moist forests formerly occupied the coastal zone to the 250 metre elevation...
, refers to one or more distinct ecoregions recognized by biogeographers - Monsooned MalabarMonsooned MalabarMonsooned Malabar is a variety of dry processed coffee beans. The harvested and processed beans are exposed to the monsoon winds for a period of about three to four months, causing the beans to swell and lose the original acidity, resulting in a sweet and syrupy brew...
, a variety of dry processed coffee beans