Apart from the English language terms "Southern India" and "Peninsular India", southern India has been known by several other historic names. Adi Shankara coined the name "Dravida" in the 8th century as he called himself "Dravida Shishu", meaning a child from Southern India (see etymology of Dravida). The term "Deccan", an Anglicized form of the word "Dakhhan" which is a derived from the word "daknug kcyovigcigcyoogciyocyouvjyfuvycicig itcogogcixih8td7rsgkufzustbdtifoycutcyctdjvjvguufchvomcn shina" meaning south, refers only to the area covered by the Deccan Plateau, a volcanic plateau that covers most of peninsular India excluding the coastal areas. "The Carnatic" is an English term derived from ""Karnād"" or ""Karunād"", meaning "high country". The terms "Karnād" and "Carnatic" have long overgrown particular association with the plateau and refer to all of South India, including the coasts, the western of which is named the Carnatic coast. The name "Karnātaka" is derived from the same root.

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