Editing Calicut (section)

==Etymology==
The exact origin of the name Kozhikode is uncertain. According to many sources, the name Kozhikode is derived from ''Koyil-kota'', meaning "fortified palace".<ref>{{Cite book|title=Kerala District Gazetteers: Kozhikode - Gazetteer of India, ''Volume 5 of Kerala District Gazetteers, Kerala (India)''
|first= A. Sreedhara |last= Menon| publisher= Superintendent of Govt. Presses| year= 1965|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BsO1AAAAIAAJ}}</ref> ''Koil'' or ''Koyil'' or ''Kovil''  is the [[Malayalam]]/[[Tamil language|Tamil]] term for a [[Hindu temple]]. In the context of Kozhikide, it may refer to the [[Tali Shiva Temple]].<ref name="a-s-menon-1">{{cite book |last1=Menon |first1=A. Sreedhara |title=Kerala History and Its Makers |date=2011 |publisher=DC Books |isbn=9788126437825 |pages=252}}</ref> Both the terms ''kōyil'' and ''kōvil'' are used interchangeably. The Tamil name of the city is Kaḷḷikkōṭṭai.{{sfn|Chandran|2018|p=366}}

The name evolved into ''Kolikod'', or its Arabic form ''Qāliqūṭ'' ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]: qˠaːliqˠːuːtˤ) and later its anglicised version Calicut.<ref name="Krishna-iyer">{{Cite book |last=Ayyar |first=K. V. Krishna |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BsO1AAAAIAAJ |title=The Zamorins of Calicut: From the Earliest Times Down to A.D. 1806 |publisher=Publication Division, University of Calicut; University of Michigan |year=1938}}</ref><ref name="Battuta1">{{Cite book |author=Hermann Kulke, Dietmar Rothermund |title=A History of India |publisher=Routledge |year=2010 |isbn=9780415485432 |chapter=18. Ibn Battuta: International Trade at the Malabar Coast |quote=Thence we travelled to the town of Qāliqūṭ. [Calicut], which is one of the chief ports in Mulaibār. |access-date=4 September 2015 |chapter-url=http://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415485432/18.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027035017/http://cw.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415485432/18.asp |archive-date=27 October 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Chinese people|Chinese]] merchants called it ''Kūlifo''.

The word ''[[calico (textile)|calico]]'', a fine hand-woven cotton fabric that was exported from the port of Calicut, is believed to be derived from ''Calicut''.<ref name=eb-calico>Encyclopædia Britannica (2008). ''calico''</ref>