The Power to Name - Reflecting on the meaning of ‘Coromandel’ and its origins by Catherine Delahunty – Coromind Issue 9, 2023

I first came to the Peninsula when I was 17 and I fell passionately in love with the place, despite not knowing my Irish great-greatgreat- grandmother was buried here. I also fell in love with the word ‘Coromandel’ which sounded so exotic and romantic. I knew it was from India, but I had no idea how it got here. At that stage I was not asking critical questions about the names or their origins...www.coromind.nz