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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thesubfamily Calloideae — thecallas .
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Examples
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Calla is born in 1953; her story spans several decades and touches on racial tension, domestic violence, homosexuality, and nuclear arms.
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They returned on board with a native, who spoke the Malay language, and told them that farther on was a good anchoring-place in the neighbourhood of a large town called Calla-sus-ung.
Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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Holding '10 walked into her first audition for a Harvard theater production, director Catherine "Calla" Videt' 08-'09 knew that she had found her lead.
The Harvard Crimson | All Articles Alyssa A. Botelho 2010
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Holding '10 walked into her first audition for a Harvard theater production, director Catherine "Calla" Videt' 08-'09 knew that she had found her lead.
The Harvard Crimson | All Articles Alyssa A. Botelho 2010
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He said Paul Stemmet, a security expert who worked under Selebi, and a former security policeman, Carl "Calla" Botha, had direct links with Khumalo.
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Van Zyl's co-applicants are Barnard, Carl Casteling "Calla" Botha,
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Last Saturday my daughter Calla and I flew here to join our family in Mary's hospice bedside.
Scott Carter: Remembering Mary Carter Scott Carter 2011
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Last Saturday my daughter Calla and I flew here to join our family in Mary's hospice bedside.
Scott Carter: Remembering Mary Carter Scott Carter 2011
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What he has promised to the fans is the completion of the Dark Tower series, so all we can do in the meantime is wait for From a Buick Eight in September, and then for the fifth Dark Tower book – Wolves of the Calla – some time in 2003 and hope.
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Last Saturday my daughter Calla and I flew here to join our family in Mary's hospice bedside.
Scott Carter: Remembering Mary Carter Scott Carter 2011
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