Calicut

E70026

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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Calicut canonical	21
Calicut (Kozhikode)	1
Calicut urban area	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 (24)

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

Indian Ocean trade network → majorPort → Calicut ⓘ

this entity surface form: Calicut (Kozhikode)

Malabar Coast → majorPort → Calicut ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kozhikode

First Portuguese India Armada → destination → Calicut ⓘ

First Portuguese India Armada → arrivalPortInIndia → Calicut ⓘ

Pêro da Covilhã → visited → Calicut ⓘ

Zheng He → sailedTo → Calicut ⓘ

Malabar District → capital → Calicut ⓘ

Malabar District → administrativeCentre → Calicut ⓘ

Malabar District → containsCity → Calicut ⓘ

Kozhikode → historicalName → Calicut ⓘ

Kozhikode → alternateName → Calicut ⓘ

São Gabriel → destinationPort → Calicut ⓘ

Bérrio → destinationPort → Calicut ⓘ

Second Portuguese India Armada → destination → Calicut ⓘ

São Rafael → destinationPort → Calicut ⓘ

Portuguese India Armadas → destination → Calicut ⓘ

City of Spices → refersTo → Calicut ⓘ

City of Spices → hasAlternativeNameOfCity → Calicut ⓘ

Zamorin of Calicut → appliesToJurisdiction → Calicut ⓘ

Zamorin of Calicut → capital → Calicut ⓘ

Kozhikode Municipal Corporation → cityServed → Calicut ⓘ

Kozhikode railway station → serves → Calicut ⓘ

this entity surface form: Calicut urban area

Portuguese–Mamluk naval war → conflictBelligerent → Calicut ⓘ