CALUMET


Meaning of CALUMET in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkal-yə-ˌmet, -mət ]

noun

Etymology: American French, from French dialect, pipe stem, from Late Latin calamellus, diminutive of Latin calamus reed — more at calamus

Date: 1698

: a highly ornamented ceremonial pipe of the American Indians

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