Callipolis is the Latinized form of Kallipolis (Καλλίπολις), which is Greek for "beautiful city", from κάλλος ''kallos'' (beauty) and πόλις '' polis'' (city). It was the name of several ancient cities, notably: * Callipolis (Aetolia), town of ancient Aetolia, Greece * Callipolis (Caria), town of ancient Caria, Asia Minor * Callipolis (Mysia), town of ancient Mysia, Asia Minor * a peninsula in the Thracian Chersonesus, modern

Gallipoli The Gallipoli peninsula (; tr, Gelibolu Yarımadası; grc, Χερσόνησος της Καλλίπολης, ) is located in the southern part of East Thrace, the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles ...

* Gallipoli, Apulia (Kallipolis) in Apulia, southern Italy, a port on a peninsula into the Tarentine Gulf *

Callipolis (Thrace) Gelibolu, also known as Gallipoli (from el, Καλλίπολις, ''Kallipolis'', "Beautiful City"), is the name of a town and a district in Çanakkale Province of the Marmara Region, located in Eastern Thrace in the European part of Turkey on th ...

, a port on the Hellespont, the modern Gelibolu, Turkey :*a titular bishopric, Gelibolu#Bishopric; i.e., the * Kallipolis (Plato), the utopian city-state ruled by a philosopher-king, presented by Socrates in Plato's dialogue '' The Republic'' * Some historians believe that there was an ancient Greek colony, named Kallipolis, at the place of modern Barcelona, Spain; see History of Barcelona

Greek mythology

* Callipolis, son of Alcathous, son of Pelops

Greek mythology

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