Where does “Kota Kinabalu” come from?
Kota Kinabalu (English) comes from Malay Kota Kinabalu, from Malay kota, from Classical Malay kota, from Tamil கோட்டம், from Tamil கோடு, from Old Tamil 𑀓𑁄𑀝𑀼, from Proto-Dravidian *kōṭu.
Ancestry of “Kota Kinabalu”, step by step