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kalian

(kælˈjɑːn)
n
(Recreational Drugs) another name for hookah
[C19: from Persian, from Arabic qalyān]
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Noun1.kalian - an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through waterkalian - an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water; "a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola"
pipe, tobacco pipe - a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
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References in classic literature ?
If the Sarians had remained loyal, so too would the Amozites be loyal still, and the Kalians, and the Suvians, and all the great tribes who had formed the federation that was to eman-cipate the human race of Pellucidar.
"Siguro yung PT na lang namin o yung doctor na lang namin sa team, siya na lang siguro makakalaro at the same time yung bata rin makakasagot kung kalian siya makakalaro kung kaya niya or pwede na siya," he adds.
"Hindi alam ni misis saka 'yung anak ko kung kalian babyahe dito, alas diyes pala today.
Police said on Saturday that police constable Mohammad Arif along with his brother Mohammad Asad was riding a motorcycle at Stadium road Shahpur when unidentified motorcyclists opened fire at them near Kalian Morh.
The dispensaries run by doctors include those in Sirajia Park, Banni, Akalgarh, Millat Colony, Chaklala, Dhala, Ghora Gali, Mandra, Dhama Syedan and Kalian.
Kami mencintai kalian dan sampai jumpa (We love you, and see you)!'
He blamed the officer of being involved in large scale excavation of earth from 12 acres of ETPB land at Mat Kalian and reportedly made a lot of money and instead of saving ET properties they were selling their possession illegally.
But the definitive compilation is surely Richard Kalian's Armed Gunmen, True Facts, and Other Ridiculous Nonsense.
Kalian, 2008, "Director Elections and the Influence of Proxy Advisors," Southern California Law Review 82, 8-18.