Kokani, noun

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EnglishShow more Adaptation of English Konkani an inhabitant of Konkan (southern Maharashtra), a coastal region of western India; the language spoken by the Konkani.
Cockney.
c1983 R. Mesthrie Lexicon of South African Indian English. 20Kokani/Konkani,..1. An Indic Language of South Maharashtra, spoken by some South African Muslims. Erroneously called Cockney, occasionally. 2. A speaker of Kokani. Sometimes known as a Cockney.
1987 Argus 4 July (Classified Sect.) 1Moslem, Kokani introductions, 22–60.
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