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Calico may refer to:
Textiles
Animals
- Calico cat, Calico or Tortoiseshell is a common coloration for domestic cats
- Calico goldfish Calico or nacreous goldfish are goldfish of any breed that sport a mixture of metallic and transparent scales that produces a pearly appearance. The name "calico goldfish" is often associated, and sometimes confused, with the shubunkin goldfish, goldfish that sports a type of metallic and transparent scales
Business
- Calico Light Weapons Systems, a small firearms manufacturing company currently based in Hillsboro, Oregon Hillsboro is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and is the county seat of Washington County. Lying in the Tualatin Valley on the west side of the Portland metropolitan area, the city is home to many high-technology companies, such as Intel, that comprise what has become known as the Silicon Forest. As of 2008, the city's estimated
- Calico Liberty, a roller-delayed blowback-operated semi-automatic rifle or pistol
- Calico M100, a blowback operated semi-automatic rifle/carbine (M100)
- Calico M100P, a semi-automatic pistol
- Calico M960, 9mm semi-automatic gun
- Calico Print Solutions, Premium print management company based in Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, UK
- Calico Workshop, A division of Calico Print Solutions dealing with online and digital print
- Calico Media, A division of Calico Print Solutions dealing with Graphic Design and other media
Education
- CALICO (consortium), American consortium
People
- Calico Cooper (born 1981), American actress and the daughter of rock and roll musician Alice Cooper
- Calico Jack Rackham (died 1720), English pirate captain in the early 18th century
- Tyrone Calico (born 1980), American football wide receiver
- Calico aka Skaddy (born in the '80s), Jamaican entertainer/DJ with witty, conscious lyrics and a powerful voice. His music crosses several generes ranging from reggae, dancehall, hip hop, soca, jazz and techno.
Places
- Calico Mountains (California), just north of Interstate 15 in the Mojave Desert, California
- Calico Ghost Town, a ghost town in the Mojave Desert region of Southern California
- Calico and Odessa Railroad, a heritage railway in the ghost town of Calico, California
- Calico, Kern County, California
- Calico Mountains (Nevada)
- Calico Early Man Site, a possible archaeological site 15 miles NE of Barstow, California
- Calico Mills, one of Ahmedabad’s (India) earliest textile mills established in 1880
- Calico Museum of Textiles The Calico Museum of Textiles is located in the city of Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat in western India.The museum is managed by the Sarabhai Foundation and is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Ahmedabad, in the city of Ahmedabad, state of Gujarat in western India
- Calico Rock, Arkansas, a city in Izard County, United States
- Ghost Town and Calico Railway, a tourist railroad within Knott's Berry Farm, a theme park in Buena Park, California
Other
- Calico Skies, the sixth song on Paul McCartney's Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE is an English singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record and film producer, painter, and animal rights and peace activist. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings, McCartney is the most successful songwriter in the history of popular music. McCartney gained worldwide fame as a member of 1997 album, Flaming Pie.
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La Maison de Calico in the Pointe Claire Village has been bringing people together for the last 30 years in an effort to revive the lost art of quilting. ...
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