Kalakh

Kalakh
/kah"lahkh/, n.
an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris River, founded 1274 B.C. and destroyed by the Medes 612 B.C.: its ruins are at Nimrud near Mosul in northern Iraq. Biblical name, Calah.

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