Kochi
Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of K ...
is a city in Kerala, India.
Kochi or Kōchi may also refer to:
People
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Kochi people
Kochis or Kuchis (Pashto: کوچۍ Kuchis) are pastoral nomads belonging primarily to the Ghilji Pashtuns. In the southern, western and northern regions of Afghanistan they are also referred to at times as maldar (Pashto: مالدار maldar, ...
, a predominantly Pashtun nomadic people of Afghanistan
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Arata Kochi
is a Japanese physician and public health expert, who is the former director of the World Health Organization's malaria program. He had previously been director of WHO's tuberculosis programs for ten years. While at WHO, Dr. Kochi became known fo ...
(born 1948 or 1949), Japanese physician and World Health Organization official
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Jun Kochi (born 1983), Japanese football goalkeeper in the Dhivehi Premier League, Maldives
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Kōchi Chōjō
was a Ryukyuan aristocrat known for leading a movement to petition the government of Qing Dynasty China to rescue the Ryūkyū Kingdom from annexation by Imperial Japan, following the 1872 announcement by the government of Meiji Japan to do so.
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(1843–1891), aristocrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom
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Kōchi Ryōtoku (died 1798), bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom
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Jay Kochi
Jay Kazuo Kochi (高知 和夫, ''Kōchi Kazuo'',1927–2008) was an American physical organometallic chemist who held lectureship at Harvard University, and faculty positions at Case Institute of Technology, 1962-1969, (now Case Western Reserve U ...
(1927–2008), American organic chemist of Japanese descent
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Momoko Kochi
is a Japanese name for girls. Momo is usually written with the kanji character 桃 for "peach" or 百 for "one hundred" or 杏 for "apricot", followed by -ko, a common suffix for girls' names (meaning "child"). It may refer to:
People
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(1932–1998), Japanese actress
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Mizuho Katayama (previously Mizuho Kōchi; born 1969), synchronized swimming coach in Japan
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Erica Kochi (born 1979), UNICEF official
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Kairi Kochi (born 1985), Japanese handball player
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Yugo Kochi (born 1994), Japanese singer
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Kochi Rani Mondal (), Bangladeshi Kabaddi player
Places
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Kochi
Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of K ...
, a city in the state of Kerala, India, also known as Cochin
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Fort Kochi
Fort Kochi, Fort Cochin in English, Cochim de Baixo ("Lower Kochi") in Cochin Portuguese creole, is a neighbourhood of Cochin (Kochi) city in Kerala, India. Fort Kochi takes its name from the Fort Manuel of Cochin, the first European for ...
, one of the three main urban components which constitute the present day city of Kochi, Kerala, India
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Kochi International Book Festival, an annual event conducted at the coastal city of Kochi, Kerala, India
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Kochi metropolitan area, also known as Kochi Urban Agglomeration or Kochi UA, where the city of Kochi, India is located
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Kochi, Iran, a village in Isfahan Province, Iran
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Kōchi, Hiroshima, a former town in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
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Kōchi (city), the capital city of Kōchi Prefecture, Japan
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Kōchi Castle, a castle located in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan
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Kōchi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kōchi Prefecture has a population of 757,914 (1 December 2011) and has a geographic area of 7,103 km2 (2,742 sq mi). Kōchi Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the northwest and ...
, a prefecture in Japan
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Kōchi Ryōma Airport, also known as Kōchi Airport, a regional airport in Nankoku, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan
* Kochi Sub-county of
Yumbe District
Yumbe District is a Districts of Uganda, district in Northern Region, Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Yumbe, where the district headquarters are located.
Location
Yumbe District is one of Uganda's mo ...
, Uganda
** River Kochi at Kochi Sub-county of Yumbe, Uganda.
Business
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Kochi Metro Rail, a mass transit system for the southern India city of Kochi
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Kochi Refineries
Kochi Refinery Limited (KRL) is a crude oil refinery in the city of Kochi in Kerala, India. It is the largest public sector refinery in India with a production capacity of 15.5 million tonnes per year. Formerly known as Cochin Refineries Limite ...
, a petroleum company in India
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Kochi Tuskers Kerala
Kochi Tuskers Kerala was a franchise cricket team that played in the Indian Premier League (IPL) representing the city of Kochi, Kerala. The team was one of two new franchises added to the IPL for the 2011 season, alongside Pune Warriors India ...
, a 2011 IPL cricket team, now defunct
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2396 Kochi, an asteroid discovered in 1981
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Kochi font, a font development project by Yasuyuki Furukawa to build free replacements of proprietary fonts
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Kochi reaction, an organic reaction for the decarboxylation of carboxylic acids to alkyl halides
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Kochi (kuih), a Malay-style cake with coconut filling
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Kochi Fighting Dogs, a semi-professional baseball team in the Shikoku Island League of Japan
See also
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Kōchi Station (disambiguation)
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Kochi University (disambiguation)
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Japanese-language surnames