A genus of plants, of the order Araceæ.

water arum

Any of the lily-like arums of the genus Calla. Represented in the North Country by the Wild Calla Lily ( Calla palustris) of shallow waters.

Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach. An instructional approach which focuses on the teaching of English through key academic language and concept development while also familiarizing students with learning strategies. This highly regarded content-based ESL approach was developed by Anna Chamot and J. Michael O'Malley.

Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach trains teachers to focus on teaching students explicit learning strategies to use for academic tasks. The language strategies instruction clusters the strategies into three categories: Metacognitive [thinking about or preparing for learning], Cognitive [manipulating academic content materials to learn], and Social and Affective [working with others or requesting assistance to learn].

South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix

Calla is an indie rock band formed in New York City in 1997.

Calla (self-titled) is the first album of the New York-based trio Calla.

a small village whose main industry is farming