Nadu a term used to mean land, country, place, domicile, etc. in
Dravidian languages.
It can refer to:
*
Tamil Nadu, one of the 28 states of
India
*Ancient Tamil regions in southern India
**
Chola Nadu
**
Pandiya Nadu
**
Kongu Nadu
Kongu Nadu, also known by various names as Kongu Mandalam and Kongu belt, is a geographical region comprising present day parts of western Tamil Nadu, southeastern Karnataka and eastern Kerala. In the ancient Tamilakam, it was the seat of th ...
**
Tondai Nadu
*
Nadu or Nad, any of the numerous city-states existed in present-day Kerala state, South India
*
Tulu Nadu, Tulu speaking region spread over to parts of present Karnataka and Kerala States of India
*
Male Nadu,
Malayala Nadu
Kerala ( ; ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...
are literary terms, which refer to state of
Kerala, India
*
Nadu, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran
*
Kamma Nadu or Kammanadu, also Kammarashtra, is a home land of
Kammas. Kammanadu is a region encompassing
Bellamkonda
Bellamkonda is a village in Palnadu district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Bellamkonda mandal in Sattenapalli revenue division.
Geography
Bellamkonda is situated at . It is spread over an area of .
Demog ...
,
Amaravati,
Jaggayyapeta,
Ongole,
Chirala,
Bapatla and
Narasaraopeta of Guntur, Prakasam and Krishna districts. Reference to Kammarashtra is made by
Andhra Ikshvakus in
Jaggayyapeta of Krishna district in 3rd century A. D.
*
Pakanadu a region corresponding to parts of Prakasam and Nellore Districts of Andhra Pradesh.
*
Palnadu is a region in present-day Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh.
*
Renadu, a region in Kadapa district.
*
Vela Nadu a region in present-day Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh.
*
Vengi Nadu or Venginadu or Veginadu, a region originally corresponding to parts of present-day Godavari, Krishna and Visakhapatnam districts.
*
Dravida Nadu, also known as Dravidistan or Dravidasthan, was the name of a proposed sovereign state for all non-Brahmin speakers of Dravidian languages in South Asia
{{geodis