Definition of Kolam

1. Noun. A member of a formerly tribal people now living in south central India.

Generic synonyms: Dravidian

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kolam

Kohtla-Järve
Koine
Koizumi
Kojac
Kojewnikoff
Kojewnikoff's epilepsy
Kokborok
Kokka
Kokka Shinto
Koko
Kokomo
Kokyo
Kol
Kol Nidre
Kola Peninsula
Kolam
Kolami
Kolar
Kolarian
Kolarians
Kolhapur
Kolkata
Kolkhis
Kolkwitzia
Kolkwitzia amabilis
Kollam
Kolliker's layer
Kolliker's reticulum
Kollmann's dilator
Kollywood

Literary usage of Kolam

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mackenzie Collection: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Oriental Manuscripts by Horace Hayman Wilson, Colin Mackenzie (1828)
"... and 4 due* rani kolam determined in order that nothing might obstruct, or interrupt the Daily Business on that account, ..."

2. Chota Nagpore, a Little-known Province of the Empire by Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt (1903)
"General kolam.1—A Dravidian tribe residing principally in the notice of ... Their dress is similar, but the kolam women wear fewer ornaments, ..."

3. Travels in Nubia by John Lewis Burckhardt (1822)
"He now found himself obliged by wayward circumstances, to return to kolam in ... From China he returned back to Java, kolam, and Calicut; from thence to ..."

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