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Mako

a town of Hungary on the right bank of the Maros, 19 miles E. of Szegedin. It is the center of an important stock-raising and agricultural region. Pop. about 35,000. MALABAR (mal-a-bär'), a district on the S. W. coast of India, in the presidency of Madras, extending from lat. 10° 15' to 12° 18' N.; area, 5,765 square miles; pop. about 3,000,000, over twothirds Hindus, and one-fourth Mohammedans. The surface is occupied in the E. by the western Gháts, which send down numerous rivers to the coast, many of them navigable for some distance. There are large forests. Rice is the staple crop; cocoanuts are largely grown, and also coffee and pepper. The name of this district is applied to the whole S. W. coast of southern India.

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