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Kaʹled

is Gulnare (2 syl.) in the disguise of a page in the service of Lara. After Lara was shot, she haunted the spot of his death as a crazy woman, and died of a broken heart. (Byron: Lara.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Kaaba (Arabic, kabah, a square house)
Kabibonokka (North - American Indian)
Kadris
Kaffir (Arabic, Kâfir, an infidel)
Kai-Omurs (the mighty Omurs)
Kai-anians
Kailyal
Kain Hens
Kaiser
Kajak
Kaled
Kaleda (Sclavonic mythology)
Kali
Kaliyuga
Kalmar
Kalmucks
Kalpa
Kalpa-Tarou
Kalyb
Kam
Kâma