▁abandoned ▁port ▁was ▁retained ▁for ▁its ▁new ▁location , ▁In ▁foreign ers ▁tongue , ▁Pet ua ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁changed ▁first ▁to ▁Ca unte e ▁and ▁finally ▁to ▁Cont ai , ▁whereas ▁in ▁local ▁tongue ▁it ▁has ▁changed ▁to ▁K anth i ▁( ক া <0xE0> <0xA6> <0x81> <0xE0> <0xA6> <0xA5> ি ). ▁ ▁But ▁lingu ists ▁raise ▁serious ▁doub ts ▁about ▁such ▁change ▁of ▁pron unci ation . ▁They ▁offer ▁other ▁suggestions . ▁Y og esh ▁Ch andra ▁S ark ar ▁thinks ▁that ▁the ▁name ▁K anth i ▁ow es ▁its ▁origin ▁to ▁out st retch ed ▁sand - d une , ▁about ▁ 2 7 ▁miles ▁from ▁Ras ulp ur ▁est u ary ▁to ▁Pe ep lip attan , ▁that ▁from ▁the ▁sea ▁looked ▁like ▁a ▁long ▁wall ▁or ▁K anth ▁( ক া <0xE0> <0xA6> <0x81> <0xE0> <0xA6> <0xA5> ি ) ▁as ▁it ▁is ▁called ▁by ▁local ▁people . ▁Some ▁suggest ▁that ▁the ▁name ▁may ▁origin ate ▁from ▁the ▁custom ▁of ▁local ▁people ▁to ▁build ▁long ▁walls ▁or ▁K anth s ▁around ▁their ▁habit ation ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁keep ▁off ▁wild ▁be asts ▁like ▁buff alo es , ▁t ig ers ▁and ▁r hin oc eros es ▁that ▁were ▁found ▁in ▁abund ance ▁then ▁and ▁these ▁K anth s ▁gave ▁the ▁place ▁its ▁name . ▁ ▁Yet , ▁some ▁people , ▁convers ant ▁with ▁the ▁local ▁history , ▁give ▁another ▁explanation . ▁They ▁say ▁on ▁the ▁sand ▁d unes ▁lived ▁Sain ts ▁and ▁F ak irs ▁or ▁w itch