Kalmar "Canara" yawanci tana nufin wani yanki na tarihi a kudancin Indiya, wanda yanzu yake cikin jihar Karnataka ta zamani. Sunan ya samo asali ne daga kalmomin Kannada "Kanada Nadu," wanda ke nufin "ƙasar harshen Kannada."Canara kuma yana da alaƙa da bankin Canara, wanda banki ne na jama'a wanda ke da hedkwatarsa a cikin birnin. Bengaluru in Karnataka. An kafa bankin ne a shekara ta 1906 a garin Mangalore da ke gabar teku, wanda a lokacin yana yankin Canara.