The story
- Kannada · borrowed fromದಕ್ಷಿಣ“south”
- English todayDakshina Kannada
From Kannada ದಕ್ಷಿಣ (dakṣiṇa, “south”) + ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa, “Kannada”), presumably a translation of the older name for the region, South Canara.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.