Mappila may refer to:Nasrani Mappila, or Saint Thomas Christians, a Christian community in Kerala Muslim Mappila, or Malabar Muslims, a Muslim community in Kerala Juda Mappila, or Cochin Jews, a Jewish community in Kerala Mappila Malayalam, an alternative term of Arabi Malayalam, the traditional Dravidian language of the Mappila Muslim community Moplah (sword), a type of large knife formerly carried by the male members of the Muslim Mappila community Mappila songs or Mappila pattu, songs of the Mappila Muslims