(anc. geog.) a city in the land of Shinar, built by Nimrod, and the last city mentioned (Gen. x. 10.) as belonging to his kingdom. It is believed to be the same with Calno mentioned in Isaiah (x. 9.), and with Cannah in Ezekiel (xxvi. 23.) with still greater variation. It is observed, that it must have been situated in Mesopotamia, since these prophets join it with Haran, Eden, Affrya, and Chihnah, which carried on a trade with Tyre. It is said by the Chaldee interpreters, as also by Eusebius and Jerom, to be the same with Ctesiphon, standing upon the Tigris, about three miles distant from Seleucia, and that for some time it was the capital city of the Parthians.