Proper noun
Quilon
Alternative form of Kollam
He also stopped at Quilon ( Kollam ) on the western Malabar coast of India, where he met Syrian Christians and recorded their tradition of St. Thomas and his tomb on the eastern Coromandel coast of the country. Source: Internet
Later in 1868 two more divisions Quilon ( Kollam ) and Kottayam were constituted. Source: Internet
He mentions that in the town of "Kalliana" (Quilon or Kollam) there was a bishop who had been consecrated in Persia. Source: Internet