Malabar District along the coast and 40–120 kilometers (25–75 miles) inland. The name Mala-bar means the "hillside slopes". Kozhikode was the capital of Malabar. Most of Malabar District was included among the territories ceded to the British East India Company in 1792 by Tipu Sultan of Mysore at the conclusion of the Third Anglo-Mysore War; Wayanad was ceded in 1799 at the conclusion of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. The region was organized into a district of Madras Presidency. The administrative headquarters were at Calicut (Kozhikode). After Indian independence, Madras Presidency was reorganized into Madras state, which was divided along linguistic lines on
Malabar Settlement in the area but have virtually disappeared with the removal of the native forests. Opossum (of the order "Didelphimorphia") and mongoose("Herpestidae") currently co - exist with the district's human residents. The Arima's Larry Gomes Stadium is located in Malabar. The Malabar settlement has a community centre, and a judicial complex is underway Malabar Settlement Malabar is a diverse neighborhood in South Arima, in Trinidad and Tobago. It is noted for middle class housing. Its boundaries are marked by Omeara Road to the west, Tumpuna Road to the east, the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway to the south and Pro Queen Street to the