"A Dictionary of the Bible" by Sir William Smith, published in 1863, notes the Hebrew word for parrot "Thukki", derived from the Classical Tamil for peacock "Thogkai" and Cingalese "tokei", joins other Classical Tamil words for ivory, cotton-cloth and apes preserved in the Hebrew Bible. This theory of Ophir's location in Tamilakkam is further supported by other historians. The most likely location on the coast of Kerala conjectured to be Ophir is Poovar in Thiruvananthapuram District (though some Indian scholars also suggest Beypore as possible location).