# Calicut

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #74,802

## Definitions
1. Former name of Kozhikode: a city in Kerala, India.

## Etymology
From Portuguese Calicut, from Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ), perhaps through Arabic قليقوط (“qālīqūṭ”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/calicut