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CALETES

Volume 4 · 68 words · 1797 Edition

(anc. geogr.), a people of Gallia Celtica, on the confines of Belgica, situated between the sea and the Sequana. Now called le Pays de Caux, in Normandy.

CALÉTURÉ, a fort on the island of Ceylon, at the mouth of a river of the same name. The Dutch became masters of it in 1655; but were afterwards obliged to leave it. E. Long. 80° 51', N. Lat. 6° 38'.