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| other_name = Quilon, Desinganadu,<ref>{{Cite web |title='Desinganad:' A video series promoting scenic locales in Kollam |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/travel/kerala/2018/11/02/desiganad-a-video-series-promoting-scenic-locales-in-kollam.html |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=OnManorama}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kollam destination -Kerala Travels |url=https://www.keralatravels.com/pages/kollam-kerala |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=www.keralatravels.com}}</ref> [[Venad (kingdom)|Venad]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=History {{!}} District Kollam, Government of Kerala {{!}} India |url=https://kollam.nic.in/en/history/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Kollam |url=https://tapioca.co.in/history-of-kollam |access-date=2023-09-01 |language=en}}</ref> Kurakkeni,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Indian Quarterly – A Literary & Cultural Magazine – John and the Sea |url=https://indianquarterly.com/?p=2117 |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=indianquarterly.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=K. |first=Liji |date=2008 |title=Tharisappalli and Its Initial Role in Mobilizing the Trade of Quilon |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44147195 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=69 |pages=316–320 |jstor=44147195 |issn=2249-1937}}</ref> <small>see [[Names for Kollam]]</small>
| settlement_type = [[Metropolis]]
| image_skyline = {{multiple imageKollam_Collage.png
| image_caption = From top clockwise:An aerial view of the [[Ashtamudi Lake]] & [[The Raviz]], [[Thangasseri Lighthouse]], Ruins of [[St Thomas Fort]], [[Kollam KSRTC bus station]] & [[Kollam KSWTD Ferry Terminal|KSWTD Boat Jetty]], [[British Residency]], [[Downtown Kollam]] area including [[RP Mall, Kollam|RP Mall]], Tourists in [[Munroe Island]], [[Adventure Park, Kollam|Adventure Park]], [[Kollam Junction railway station]], [[Thangassery Breakwater Tourism Park|Break Water Tourism]] & [[Kollam Port]], [[Kollam Beach]] and [[Chinnakada Clock Tower]]
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| image1 = Ashtamudi Lake and Kollam city, Aug 2014.jpg
| caption1 = [[Ashtamudi Lake]]
| image2 = Varkkala beach from cliff.jpeg
| caption2 = [[Varkala beach]]
| image3 = Kollam Bypass, Feb 2020.jpg
| caption3 = [[Kollam Bypass]]
| image4 = Fishing activities at Thangassery, Kollam.jpg
| caption4 = [[Tangasseri]]
| image5 = Jatayu Earth's Center Nature Park.jpg
| caption5 = [[Jatayu Earth's Center Nature Park|Jatayu Earth's Center]]
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| caption6 = [[Technopark Kollam]]
| image7 = Kollam-Paravur Coastal Road at Pozhikara, Dec 2015.jpg
| caption7 = [[Kollam-Paravur Coastal Road]]
| image8 = Chinnakada Skyline, Jul 2016.jpg
| caption8 = [[Chinnakada Clock Tower]]
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| etymology = [[Black pepper]]: ''kola'' ("black pepper")
| nickname = "Prince of Arabian sea"<br/ >"Cashew Capital of the World"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kollams-cashew-crunch/article23701507.ece |title=Kollam's cashew crunch |work=The Hindu|date=28 April 2018 |access-date=10 August 2018}}</ref> <br /> "The Gateway to Backwaters" <br />