User:AreJay/List of districts in Karnataka

Etymology list and references


 * Bangalore Urban/Rural: (speculated) from Benda-kaal-ooru, etc.
 * Bagalkot:
 * Belgaum: Venugrama (bamboo village)
 * Bellary: From demon Ballahari, slain by Indra
 * Bidar
 * Bijapur: Vijayapura - victorious town
 * Chamarajanagar: (speculated) After Chamaraja Wodeyar (which one?) or Jayachamaraja Wodeyar?
 * Chikballapur:
 * Chikkamaglur: Chikka-magala-ooru: Younger daughter's town
 * Chitradurga: From Chitrakaldurga, an umbrella shaped mountain nearby
 * Coorg: Kodagu -> Kodaimalenadu: dense forest on a steep hill
 * Dakshina Kannada: self. exp.
 * Davanagere: Davana-kere: Village Lake
 * Dharwad: From Sans. Dwara: door, wata: town
 * Gulbarga: Kallu+burgi (kn.) filled with stones
 * Gadag: (spec.) from Gadduge?
 * Hassan
 * Haveri: Havu+Keri (kn.) place of snakes
 * Koppal
 * Mandya: From Hindu saint Mandvya
 * Mysore: Mahisuru; (kn.) Mahishasura + ooru
 * Raichur: City of Victory
 * Shimoga: (kn.) Shiva + Mukha
 * Tumkur: Tumbe Ooru; land of the tumbe flower
 * Udupi: from Tulu (Odipu).
 * Uttara Kannada: self exp.
 * Chikballapur
 * Ramanagara
 * Yadgiri

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