Kalakh

American  

[kah-lahkh] / ˈkɑ lɑx /

noun

1. 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.

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Example Sentences

As we sat in a house rented by Syrian refugees, displaced by violence across the border in Tel Kalakh, he and Ahmed detailed the route we would take to skirt checkpoints and soldiers.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2011

He beautified Assur, but removed his court to Kalakh.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

The most important of the cities were Assur, Arbeles, Kalakh and Nineveh.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir