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Karnataka also contains some of the only villages in India where Sanskrit is primarily spoken. [18] [19] [20] Though several etymologies have been suggested for the name Karnataka, the generally accepted one is that Karnataka is derived from the Kannada words karu and nādu, meaning "elevated land".
This partial list of city nicknames in India compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in India are known by (or have been known by) historically, officially, or unofficially, to locals, outsiders, or their tourism chambers of commerce.
The southern Indian state of Karnataka consists of 31 districts grouped into 4 administrative divisions, viz., Belagavi, Bengaluru , Gulbarga, and Mysore.Geographically, the state has three principal variants: the western coastal stretch, the hilly belt comprising the Western Ghats, and the plains, comprising the plains of the Deccan plateau.
Place names in India are usually in Indian languages. Other languages include Portuguese, Dutch, English and Arabic. Since Indian Independence, several Indian cities have adopted pre-English names, most notably Chennai (formerly Madras), Mumbai (formerly Bombay), Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore), Visakhapatnam (formerly Waltair), and Pune (formerly Poona).
Bengaluru (Kannada : Beṅgaḷūru ⓘ), formerly called Bangalore, is the capital and largest city of the southern Indian state of Karnataka.As per the 2011 census, the city had a population of more than 8.4 million, making it the third most populous city in India and the most populous in South India.
The forms used in the list are English-language forms provided by India. Source list update. Addition of sources: Statoids, Geonames 30 October 2014 Add one state. IN-TG Telengana [2] Change spelling. IN-OR Orissa → IN-OR Odisha Update list source and code source. 22 November 2019 Change of subdivision category from state to Union territory.
Karnataka's name may have originated from the two words Kabbu Nadu, which means land of sugarcane. This etymology might be possible as Karnataka is a huge sugarcane-cultivating land. But, this theory might not be very factual as sugarcane production boomed in South Karnataka only after the building of KRS Dam by Sir M. Vishweshwarayya.
The following is a list of the most populous cities in Karnataka state of India as per the 2011 census. There are 27 cities in Karnataka which have a population over 100,000. There are 27 cities in Karnataka which have a population over 100,000.