Calormen
Sign in to saveIn C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia series of novels, Calormen () is a large country to the southeast of Narnia. Lewis probably derived its name from the Latin calor, meaning "heat". When using the name as an adjective or an ethnonym, Lewis spelled the name with an 'e' at the end: a Calormene () soldier; "The Calormenes have dark faces and long beards."
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- Calormen
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- Calormene Empire
- Fictional location.series
- The Chronicles of Narnia
- Fictional location.creator
- C. S. Lewis
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- Children's fantasy
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- Empire
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- Narnia
- Fictional location.ruler
- Tisroc
- Fictional location.locations
- Tashbaan (capital)
- Fictional location.ethnic_group
- Calormenes
- Fictional location.characters
- Rabadash, Aravis, Emeth
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- Motto
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- Anthem
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- Language(s)
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- Currency
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- Crescent
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- History
- Tashbaan
- Calormene Poetry
- Concepts of freedom and slavery
- Accusations of racism
- In foreign languages
- See also
- References
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In C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia series of novels, Calormen () is a large country to the southeast of Narnia. Lewis probably derived its name from the Latin calor, meaning "heat". When using the name as an adjective or an ethnonym, Lewis spelled the name with an 'e' at the end: a Calormene () soldier; "The Calormenes have dark faces and long beards."
Narnia and Calormen are separated by the country of Archenland and a large desert. In The Horse and His Boy, Calormen is described as being many times the size of its northern neighbours, and it is implied that its army is always either conquering more land or keeping down rebellions, in wars with which neither Narnia nor Archenland are involved. The border of the Calormene Empire extends from the Western Mountains to the Great Eastern Ocean. The Calormene capital is Tashbaan, a large walled city located on an island hill at the mouth of a river and close to the northern desert.
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