Talk:Cochin

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As we're still using Madras for Chennai and Bombay for Mumbai, I suspect this page should be moved to Cochin, or has "Kochi" been established as the most frequently used name in the traveller's community? Akubra 16:28, 6 Apr 2004 (EDT)

I found this to be quite a problem when traveling around India (particularly travelling by train). Most towns or cities seem to have two or more names which are used interchangeably by the locals.

I'd like to second moving this to Cochin — partly to disambiguate from Japan's Kochi prefecture on the island of Shikoku. Jpatokal

Unlike Madras and Bombay, Kochi was always called as Kochi by people of Keralam, so comparison to Madras and Bombay is not right. Personally I dont mind moving to name cochin. But what Jpatokal done is vandalism by changing content of the page. -bijee

Huh? Either we call it Cochin or Kochi, but not both in the same article! Jpatokal 12:37, 18 Oct 2004 (EDT)

So I corrected it to Kochi -Bijee

If we can agree on Kochi (and this needs a few more opinions), the article should be moved to "Kochi (India)" since there is also a Japanese Kochi. Jpatokal 22:37, 18 Oct 2004 (EDT)

"Kochi (India)" is again disambigus as Current Kochi is formed by unification of Old Kochi City and Ernakulam City. So better option will be moving to Kochi-Ernakulam. Also pl. move Japanese Kochi to Kochi prefecture then create a disambiguation page like wikipedia:Kochi -Bijee

Kochi is both a prefecture and a city in Japan. "Kochi-Ernakulam" is not an option because we have to use the most common name of the city. Jpatokal 02:56, 19 Oct 2004 (EDT)

Then why not keep your page at "Kochi (Japan)" and original page at Kochi with a link to "Kochi (Japan)" -Bijee

[edit] Towns in Kochi regions

added towns in Ernakulam District.

Uhhhh, is Kochi a city or a region or both? From reading the page it seems to jump around from talking about districts / regions / towns-within-towns and so on. Quit a muddle. I'll try and work on it, but anyone with actual knowledge of the ara please jump in! Majnoona 14:38, 13 Feb 2006 (EST)

[edit] should have a disambiguation page

Kochi which is the common name for this town takes us to Kochi in Japan. I think there should be a disambiguation page.

[edit] wow, what a mess!

As I understand it, Kochi is a city, which encompasses Ernakulam, Ft. Cochin and the other nearby islands. I spent a few months in the area earlier this year, and this seems to be pretty standard... it is also the way it's described in the popular guidebooks such as LP... Cacahuate 09:34, 22 October 2006 (EDT)