seaport in S Shikoku, Japan
Kochi
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Kochi
- A city of southern Shikoku, Japan, on an inlet of the Pacific Ocean. It is a port and fish-processing center.x
- A city of southwest India on the Malabar Coast. Formerly called Cochin, it was the capital of the kingdom of the same name. The city was visited by Vasco da Gama in 1502 and colonized by the Portuguese in the following year. It was taken by the Dutch in 1663 and occupied by the British in 1795.x
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Adjective
- Koch (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Koch's ..."
Origin
Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Koch.
Proper noun
- a city in Japan.
- a prefecture in Japan.
Proper noun
- a city in Kerala, southwestern India.
Proper noun
- Alternative spelling of Kochi. (city in Japan)
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