WYNAAD, or WAINAD  , a highland tract in S . India, forming part of Malabar district, Madras . It consists of a table-land amid the W . Ghats, 6o m. long by 30 M. broad, with an average elevation of 3000 ft.; pop . (1901) 75,149 . It is best known as the district where a large amount of British capital was sunk during the decade 1876—1886 in gold mines . It had yet earlier been a coffee-planting district, but this industry has recently declined . Tea, pepper and cardamoms are produced in increasing quantities . There are also valuable forest reserves .