Calicut

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city coastal city human settlement

Calicut, also known as Kozhikode, is a historic coastal city in Kerala, India, renowned as a key medieval spice-trading hub that attracted Arab, Chinese, and later European merchants.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Calicut (Kozhikode) 1
Kozhikode 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
coastal city ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs City of Spices ⓘ
Kozhikode ⓘ
climate tropical monsoon climate ⓘ
country India ⓘ
dateOfVascoDaGamaLanding 1498 ⓘ
firstEuropeanLandingInIndiaBy Vasco da Gama ⓘ
governingBody Kozhikode Municipal Corporation ⓘ
hasAirport Calicut International Airport ⓘ
hasInstitution National Institute of Technology Calicut ⓘ
hasPort Beypore port ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Kozhikode railway station ⓘ
hasUniversity University of Calicut ⓘ
historicalRegion Malabar Coast ⓘ
surface form: Malabar
historicalRole capital of the Zamorin rulers ⓘ
historicalTradeGoods black pepper ⓘ
cardamom ⓘ
ginger ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
historicalTradeNetwork Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
knownFor medieval Indian Ocean trade ⓘ
spice trade ⓘ
trade with Arab merchants ⓘ
trade with Chinese merchants ⓘ
trade with European merchants ⓘ
language Malayalam ⓘ
locatedIn Kerala ⓘ
South India ⓘ
locatedOn Arabian Sea ⓘ
Malabar Coast ⓘ
nearestMajorCity Kannur ⓘ
Thrissur ⓘ
officialLanguage Malayalam ⓘ
partOf Kozhikode ⓘ
surface form: Kozhikode district
postalCodePrefix 673 ⓘ
religionMajority Hinduism ⓘ
religionSignificant Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
ruledBy Zamorin of Calicut ⓘ
servedAs key medieval trading hub ⓘ
major port city ⓘ
stateCapitalOf none ⓘ
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset +05:30 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode KL-11 ⓘ
visitedBy Vasco da Gama ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Calicut (Kozhikode)
Malabar Coast → majorPort → Calicut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kozhikode