“So why is your state called Kerala?”
“Because of the abundance of coconut trees here. Keram means coconut palm and “alam” means place. So Keralam is literally “the land of coconut palms.”
“You’re not pulling a fast one, are you?”
“Look, we aren’t the only ones who have named a place after the most abundant resource available there. What do you think Hawaii means?”
“What does it mean?”
“The land of pineapples.”
“Really?”
Nod Nod
“Oh!”
That’s how you pull a fast one.
Note: Hawaii is indeed known as the land of pineapples, but it’s not the literal translation of the word.
