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calumet

/ˈkæljʊmɛt//ˌkæljʊˈmɛt/

calumet noun: a clay tobacco pipe used by Native Americans, especially as a symbol of truce or peace.

Noun

calumet (plural calumets)

  1. A clay tobacco pipe used by Native Americans, especially as a symbol of truce or peace.
    • THE CALUMET OF PEACE. He offered a cigarette to the professor and took one himself.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
    • When the chief has directed them to approach, they advance; those who have the calumets, chant and dance with much agility, now turning around each other, and now presenting themselves in front, but always with violent movements and extraordinary contortions.2010, William Ingraham Kip, The Early Jesuit Missions in North America, page 283

Proper noun capitalized: Calumet

Calumet

  1. A ghost town in Huerfano County, Colorado.
  2. A township in Cook County, Illinois.
    Synonyms:
    Calumet City
  3. The Calumet River, a system of rivers and canals between the south side of Chicago, Illinois and Gary, Indiana.
  4. A neighbourhood of East Chicago, Lake County, Indiana.
  5. A township in Lake County, Indiana.
  6. A minor city in O'Brien County, Iowa.
  7. A charter township and village therein, in Houghton County, Michigan.
  8. A minor city in Itasca County, Minnesota.
  9. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Missouri.
  10. An unincorporated community in Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio.
  11. A town in Canadian County, Oklahoma.
  12. A census-designated place in Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
  13. A town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, adjacent to Calumet County.

calumet meaning in Bengali and Indonesian

calumet in Bengali

আমেরিকান আদিবাসীদের শান্তি পাইপ

calumet in Indonesian

pipe of peace
kalumet

Synonyms of calumet

Forms of calumet

pluralcalumets

Origin of calumet

From a Norman variant of Old French chalumeau (imported to Canada with Norman colonists), from Latin calamellus, diminutive of calamus (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos).

Words formed from calumet

Questions about calumet

What does calumet mean?
Calumet means a clay tobacco pipe used by Native Americans, especially as a symbol of truce or peace.
What is calumet in Bengali?
Calumet in Bengali is আমেরিকান আদিবাসীদের শান্তি পাইপ. See Calumet meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is calumet?
Calumet can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce calumet?
Calumet is pronounced /ˈkæljʊmɛt/.
What is the plural of calumet?
The plural of calumet is calumets.

Words near calumet in the dictionary

  1. Calulu
  2. Calum
  3. calumba
  4. calumbin
  5. calumenin
  6. calumet
  7. Calumet County
  8. calumetite
  9. calumets
  10. calumnate
  11. calumnates

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