Callista
Callista, also spelled Calista, Callistee, Kallista, Kalista and Kallistee, comes from the Greek for "most beautiful (feminine)" (καλλίστη – kallístē).
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Nature
[edit]- Callista (bivalve), a genus of bivalves
- Callista Lour., a synonym of Dendrobium, an orchid genus
- Callista D.Don, a synonym of Erica, a heath or heather genus
Entertainment
[edit]- A SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron character, the presumed ancestor of Deputy Mayor Callie Briggs
- Callista (novel), 1855 novel by John Henry Newman
- Callista Ming, a character in the Star Wars Expanded Universe
- A main character from the video game The Last Story
People
[edit]- Callista Balko, American athlete
- Callista Chimombo, Malawian politician
- Calista Flockhart, American actress
- Callista Gingrich, wife of Newt Gingrich
- Callista Roy, American nursing theorist
Science
[edit]- 204 Kallisto, an S-type asteroid which was discovered in 1879
- Callisto (moon), one of the moons of Jupiter, discovered in 1610
Places
[edit]- Kallista, Victoria, a town in Australia
- Kalista, a village in south-western Bulgaria
Other
[edit]- Panther Kallista, a retro-style automobile manufactured by Panther Westwinds from 1982 to 1993
- Calista (steamboat), a small steamboat of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet
- RV Callista Southampton University research vessel