1. a member of a Kannada-speaking group of people living chiefly in Kanara in southern India; [syn: Kanarese, Canarese]
2. a Dravidian language spoken in southern India; [syn: Kannada, Kanarese]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Kanarese
n 1: a member of a Kannada-speaking group of people living
chiefly in Kanara in southern India [syn: Kanarese,
Canarese]
2: a Dravidian language spoken in southern India [syn:
Kannada, Kanarese]