Travancore

Travancore [trav-uh n-kawr, -kohr] Examples noun

1. a former state in SW India: merged 1949 with Cochin to form a new state (Travancore and Cochin); reorganized 1956 to form the larger part of Kerala state.

Compare Cochin. Examples from the Web for travancore Historical Examples of travancore

We pass from Travancore into the little State of Cochin, on the north.

India, Its Life and Thought

John P. Jones

It has further been returned as a division of Konkana Sūdras in Travancore.

Castes and Tribes of Southern India

Edgar Thurston

As manufacturers, the Izhavas occupy a position in Travancore.

Castes and Tribes of Southern India

Edgar Thurston

Those who live in the western part of Tinnevelly and in Travancore.

Castes and Tribes of Southern India

Edgar Thurston

It is stimulant, diaphoretic, and expectorant; is used in quinsy, and by the native doctors of Travancore in catarrhal affections.

Cooley’s Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades…, Sixth Edition, Volume I

Arnold Cooley

British Dictionary definitions for travancore Travancore noun

1. a former princely state of S India which joined with Cochin in 1949 to form Travancore-Cochin : part of Kerala state since 1956