Usually means: Ancient Greek city, Aetolia region.
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  1. Calydon: Merriam-Webster
  2. Calydon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. Calydon: Wordnik
  4. Calydon: Wiktionary
  5. Calydon: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. Calydon: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Calydon: Dictionary.com
  8. Calydon (son of Aetolus), Calydon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Calydon: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  10. Calydon: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. Calydon: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Calydon)

noun:  (historical) An Ancient Greek city in the country of Aetolia, north of the Gulf of Patras in western Greece, on the west bank of the river Evenus.
noun:  (historical, Greek mythology) The legendary founding king and eponym of the city of Calydon, whose failure to honor the goddess Artemis in a rite resulted in her sending the Calydonian Boar to lay waste to the city.

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