Meaning of Calumet | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A clay tobacco pipe used by Native Americans, especially as a symbol of truce or peace.
2. A number of places in the United States:
3. A ghost town in Huerfano County, Colorado.
4. A township in Cook County, Illinois.
5. The Calumet River, a system of rivers and canals between the south side of Chicago, Illinois and Gary, Indiana.
6. A neighbourhood of East Chicago, Lake County, Indiana.
7. A township in Lake County, Indiana.
8. A minor city in O'Brien County, Iowa.
9. A charter township and village therein, in Houghton County, Michigan.
10. A minor city in Itasca County, Minnesota.
11. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Missouri.
12. An unincorporated community in Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio.
13. A town in Canadian County, Oklahoma.
14. A census-designated place in Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
15. A town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, adjacent to Calumet County.

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Examples

“THE CALUMET OF PEACE. He offered a cigarette to the professor and took one himself.”

“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.”

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