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Mappila

Mappila may refer to:Nasrani Mappila, or Saint Thomas Christians, a Christian community in Kerala Muslim Mappila, or Malabar Muslims, a Muslim community in Kerala Juda Mappila, or Cochin Jews, a Jewish community in Kerala Mappila Malayalam, an alternative term of Arabi Malayalam, the traditional Dravidian language of the Mappila Muslim community Moplah (sword), a type of large knife formerly carried by the male members of the Muslim Mappila community Mappila songs or Mappila pattu, songs of the Mappila Muslims

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Mappila may refer to:

  • Nasrani Mappila, or Saint Thomas Christians, a Christian community in Kerala
  • Muslim Mappila, or Malabar Muslims, a Muslim community in Kerala
  • Juda Mappila, or Cochin Jews, a Jewish community in Kerala
  • Mappila Malayalam, an alternative term of Arabi Malayalam, the traditional Dravidian language of the Mappila Muslim community
  • Moplah (sword), a type of large knife formerly carried by the male members of the Muslim Mappila community
  • Mappila songs or Mappila pattu, songs of the Mappila Muslims
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