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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."

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Calormen
Fictional location.alt_name
Calormene Empire
Fictional location.series
The Chronicles of Narnia
Fictional location.creator
C. S. Lewis
Fictional location.genre
Children's fantasy
Fictional location.type
Empire
Fictional location.located_in
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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Currency
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Crescent

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Calormene Empire
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10 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Tashbaan
  • Calormene Poetry
  • Concepts of freedom and slavery
  • Accusations of racism
  • In foreign languages
  • See also
  • References
  • Notes
  • Sources

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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