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