Did you know
Princess Street in Fort Kochi was first called Prince Street, after Dutch Princes Maurits and Wilhelm. British pronunciation gradually changed the name after Britain took over in 1795.
Street · Fort Kochi
Princess Street
One theory: the name traces to pirate William Kidd, nicknamed Prince.
Free · 190 m from the nets
More about Princess Street
5 of 6- Did you knowWalton’s Homestay occupies a 200-year-old building on Princess Street in Fort Kochi.
- Did you knowIndian Industries, John Korela’s antique shop on Princess Street in Fort Kochi, is the street’s oldest shop.
- Did you knowLoafer’s Corner is a popular meeting place where Princess Street, Peter Celli Street and Bastion Street meet in Fort Kochi.
- Did you knowMen who came to Princess Street in Fort Kochi to stare at women from a ladies’ hostel were called loafers. The name became Loafer’s Corner.
- Did you knowPrincess Street may never have had a princess. One theory has it as Prince’s Street, after the pirate William Kidd, who was nicknamed Prince.