Cochin

E60708

city port city

Cochin, now known as Kochi, is a historic port city on the southwest coast of India that became an important center of the spice trade and early European colonial activity.

Aliases (3)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → port city →
climate	tropical monsoon climate →
colonizedBy	British Empire → Dutch Republic → Portuguese Empire →
country	India →
currentNameOf	Cochin →
formerNameOf	Kochi →
hasAirport	Cochin International Airport →
hasCommunity	Cochin Jews →
hasGovernmentType	municipal corporation →
hasHistoricalStructure	Fort Emmanuel → Mattancherry Palace → Paradesi Synagogue → Santa Cruz Basilica → St. Francis Church, Kochi →
hasPort	Cochin Port →
historicalRole	early European colonial center → major spice trade center →
isCapitalOf	Ernakulam district →
knownFor	Chinese fishing nets → Fort Kochi → Jew Town → Mattancherry → backwaters → multi-ethnic heritage → natural harbor → spice trade →
language	Malayalam →
locatedIn	Kerala →
locatedInRegion	southwest coast of India →
locatedOnCoastOf	Arabian Sea →
mergedInto	Kerala → Travancore-Cochin →
officialLanguage	English → Malayalam →
partOf	Ernakulam district →
religion	Christianity → Hinduism → Islam → Judaism →
timeZone	Indian Standard Time →
utcOffset	+05:30 →
visitedBy	Duarte Pacheco Pereira → Pedro Álvares Cabral → Vasco da Gama →
wasCapitalOf	Kingdom of Cochin →
wasPartOf	British India → Cochin State → Kingdom of Cochin →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Vasco da Gama →	burialPlace
Kochi →	currentNameOf
Kerala High Court ("Ernakulam, Kochi") →	hasSeat
Indian Jews →	historicalPresence
Cochin ("Mattancherry") →	knownFor
Royal Indian Navy mutiny →	location
Indian Ocean trade network →	majorPort
Portuguese India →	part
Vasco da Gama →	placeOfDeath
The Moor's Last Sigh →	setIn