Kochi
Kochi ( , ), List of renamed Indian cities and states#Kerala, formerly known as Cochin ( ), is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the Ernakulam district, district of Ernakulam in the ...
is a city in Kerala, India.
Kochi or Kōchi may also refer to:
People
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Kochi people
Kochis also spelt as Kuchis (Pashto: کوچۍ Kuchis) are pastoral nomads belonging primarily to the Ghilji Pashtuns. It is a social rather than ethnic grouping, although they have some of the characteristics of a distinct ethnic group. They ...
, 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 (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 Reser ...
(1927–2008), American organic chemist of Japanese descent
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Momoko Kochi (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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Fort Kochi
Fort Kochi ( , ; Cochin Portuguese: ''Cochim de Baixo'', , Tamil: ''Koçhé Kōtàì''), formerly also known as Fort Cochin or British Cochin or Old Kochi, is a region of Kochi city in Kerala, India. Fort Kochi takes its name from the For ...
, one of the three main urban components which constitute the present day city of Kochi
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Kochi International Book Festival, an annual event conducted at the coastal city of Kochi
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Kochi metropolitan area
Kochi metropolitan area or Kochi urban agglomeration is a metropolitan area in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India, comprising the Kochi Municipal Corporation, nine adjacent municipal councils, 15 gram panchayats and parts of four gram pa ...
, also known as Kochi Urban Agglomeration or Kochi UA
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Kōchi, Hiroshima, a former town in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
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Kōchi (city)
Kochi is a city in Kerala, India.
Kochi or Kōchi may also refer to:
People
* Kochi people, a predominantly Pashtun nomadic people of Afghanistan
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** Arata Kochi (born 1948 or 1949), Japanese physician and World Health Or ...
, the capital city of Kōchi Prefecture, Japan
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Kōchi Castle
is an Edo Period Japanese castle in the city of Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is located at Otakayama hill, at the center of Kōchi city, which in turn is located at the center of the Kōchi Plain, the most prosperous area of former ...
, 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 669,516 (1 April 2023) and has a geographic area of 7,103 km2 (2,742 sq mi). Kōchi Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the northwest and Tok ...
, 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 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 most northern dist ...
, 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 Limited ...
, a petroleum company in India
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Kochi Tuskers Kerala
Kochi Tuskers Kerala is a now defunct franchise cricket team that played in the Indian Premier League (IPL) representing the city of Kochi, Kerala, India. The team was one of two new franchises added to the IPL for the 2011 season, alongside ...
, a 2011 IPL cricket team, now defunct
Other
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2396 Kochi
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Year 396 ( CCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Augustus (or, less frequently, year 1149 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denom ...
, an asteroid discovered in 1981
* Kochi, a name for the Rampuri dialect of
Mahasu Pahari
Mahasu Pahari (Takri: ) is a Western Pahari language spoken in Himachal Pradesh. It is also known as Mahasui or Mahasuvi. The speaking population is about 1,000,000 (2001). It is more commonly spoken in the Himachal Pradesh, Shimla (Simla) and Sol ...
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Kochi font
Kochi (東風フォント) was a font development project to build free replacements of proprietary fonts such as MS Gothic or MS Mincho, developed by Yasuyuki Furukawa (古川 泰之). The project consisted of the Kochi Gothic and Kochi Mincho f ...
, a font development project by Yasuyuki Furukawa to build free replacements of proprietary fonts
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Kochi reaction
The Kochi reaction is an organic reaction for the decarboxylation of carboxylic acids to alkyl halides with lead(IV) acetate and a lithium halide.''A New Method for Halodecarboxylation of Acids Using Lead(IV) Acetate'' Jay K. Kochi J. Am. Chem. S ...
, an organic reaction for the decarboxylation of carboxylic acids to alkyl halides
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Kochi (kuih)
Kue kochi or koci (also known as passover cake in English) is a Maritime Southeast Asian dumpling-type kuih found in Javanese, Malay and Peranakan cuisine, typically made from black glutinous rice flour, and stuffed with coconut fillings wit ...
, a Malay-style cake with coconut filling
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Kochi Fighting Dogs
Kochi ( , ), formerly known as Cochin ( ), is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of Kerala. The city is also commonly referred to as Ernakulam ...
, a semi-professional baseball team in the Shikoku Island League of Japan
See also
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Cochin (disambiguation), former name of the city in India
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Kōchi Station (disambiguation)
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Kochi University (disambiguation)
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