Coromandel Coast is a name used vaguely for the major part of the eastern coast of what is now the province of Madras, on the west shore of the Bay of Bengal. It has hardly a single safe place of refuge for large vessels. The name is probably a corruption of Cholamandalam, 'country of the Cholas,' an old Dravidian people.
Coromandel Coast
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 491
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