Cranganore
Proper noun
Meaning
Cranganore
Former name of Kodungallur (“a town in Kerala, India”).
Examples
Gouvea also writes about the veneration of the Cross at Cranganore, referring to the cross as "Cross of Christians".
Paradesi is a word used in several Indian languages, and the literal meaning of the term is "foreigners", applied to the synagogue because it was historically used by "White Jews", a mixture of Jews from Cranganore, the Middle East, and European exiles.