The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Canarese \Can`a*rese"\, a. Pertaining to Canara, a district of British India. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Canarese n 1: a member of a Kannada-speaking group of people living chiefly in Kanara in southern India [syn: Kanarese, Canarese]