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Population (1893), about 6,000. Calabria (ka-la'bri-ä). The name given until about the time of the Norman conquest in the 11th century to the southeastern part of Italy (the heel). Calabria. The name given in the later middle ages and in modern times to the southwestern part of Italy (the toe). It comprises the provinces Cosenza, Catanzaro, and Reggio. The surface is mountainous. Cal act in us. See Cæcilius . Calah (kā'läh). In Gen. x. 10, 12, a place mentioned as one of the four cities founded by Asur, the ancestor of the A yrians. It is the A yrian city called in the inscriptions Kalhu, now represented by the ruins of Nimrud, about 20 miles north of the ruins of Nineveh (Kuyunjik), situated on an irregular wedge of land formed by the Tigris and the Upper Zab. According to the A yrian monuments it was founded by Shalmaneser I. about 1300 в. с. His succe ors abandoned it for Nineveh. A sur nazir pal (884-860) rebuilt it and erected a royal palace in it, known as the northwest palace; others were built by his succe ors. The last A yrian king, Asur-etil-ilani-ukinni, also built a palace there. Calahorra (kä-lä-or'rä), Celtiberian Calagurris Na ica. A town in the province of Logroño, Spain, situated on the Cidaco, near the Ebro, in lat. 42° 16′ N., long. 2° 4' W. It is noted for its resistance in the Sertorian war, 72 B. C., and as the birthplace of Quintilian and (probably) of Prudent i us. It has a cathedral. Population (1887), 8,821. Calais (kal'is; F. pron. kä-lā'). [Formerly spelled Call is ; ME. Caleys , Kalays , from OF.