calneh

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calneh - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Calneh
  fort, one of the four cities founded by Nimrod (Gen. 10:10). It
  is the modern Niffer, a lofty mound of earth and rubbish
  situated in the marshes on the left, i.e., the east, bank of the
  Euphrates, but 30 miles distant from its present course, and
  about 60 miles south-south-east from Babylon. It is mentioned as
  one of the towns with which Tyre carried on trade. It was
  finally taken and probably destroyed by one of the Assyrian
  kings (Amos 6:2). It is called Calno (Isa. 10:9) and Canneh
  (Ezek. 27:23).