Coringa, a seaport in Godavari district, Madras, stands at the northern mouth of the Godavari River, 8 miles S. of Cocanada. It has declined much owing to the obstruction of its harbour by a bar, and to its having been twice overwhelmed by a tidal wave—in 1787 and 1832. Pop. 4397.
Coringa
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 478
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