Cananore, Or Cannra, a seaport town of British India, in the province of Malabar, presidency of Madras, situated on a small bay, in lat. 11° 52' N., Ion. 75° 26' E., 45 m. N. W. of Calicut; pop., including a tract of land extending 2 m. farther inland, about 40,000. The fort is built on Cananore point, and ships may safely anchor in this vicinity in about five fathoms of water, the approach to the harbor being dangerous in other directions. The place is irregularly laid out, but there are a number of good houses, especially the residences of the former local rulers. It is the principal military station in the province of Malabar; the fort has been strengthened by the English, and there are barracks for three regiments. Cocoa-nuts are exported to Arabia, Sumatra, Bengal, and Surat, together with pepper, sandal wood, grain, shark fins, and coir cordage; the imports are horses, piece goods, sugar, camphor, opium, silk, and benzoin. The town is of great antiquity. It was taken in 1501 by the Portuguese, who fortified it, but were expelled by the Dutch in 1664.- The latter sold it to a native Mohammedan family, the head of which, under the title of heebee, possessed absolute sovereignty over it, with a small adjacent territory and the Laccadive islands, till 1791, when it became tributary to the English.