' '. गुबुनमोनसे दानस्लायनाया गोसोथिहोयो दि काननुरा मोननै सोदोबनि जथाय जानो हागौ, जाय गावसोरनि रोदाफोरखौ हिनदु मोदाय-दावदायफोरनि सासे भगबान निफ्राय साननालाजादोंमोन, काननान (भगबान क्रिशना) आरो उर (जायगा) बेखौ ‘भगबान क्रिशनानि जायगा’ बानायनायदोंमोन।
Another version endorses that Kannur might be a a compound of two words, which have assumed their roots from one of the deities of the Hindu pantheon, Kannan ( Lord Krishna ) and Ur (place) making it the 'place of Lord Krishna'.