noun
also can·a·rese |kanə|rēz, -ēs
( plural kanarese also canarese )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Kanara, district in southwest India + English -ese
1.
a. : a Kannada-speaking people of Mysore, south India
b. : a member of such people
2. : kannada
3. : the script normally used to write Kannada