Malabar Region (Malayalam: മലബാര്) is a region of southern India, lying between theWestern Ghats and the Arabian Sea. The name is thought to be derived from theMalayalam word Mala (Hill) and Puram (region) derived or westernised into bar. This part of India was a part of the British East India Company-controlled Madras State, when it was designated as Malabar District. It included the northern half of the state of Kerala and some coastal regions of present day Karnataka. The area is predominantly Hindu but the majority of Kerala's Muslim population known as Mappila also live in this area, as well as a sizable ancient Christian population.[1] The name is sometimes extended to the entire southwestern coast of the peninsula, called the Malabar Coast. Malabar is also used by ecologists to refer to the tropical moist forests of southwestern India (present day Kerala).
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