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English
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Etymology
[edit]Probably Spanish after California, a Utopian island of the Amazons described in Las sergas de Esplandián, a 16th-century Spanish novel. The name comes from the fictional island's Muslim-allied queen, Calafia, whose name is a play on Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “caliph”). For more information see: Etymology of California.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkæl.ɪˈfoɹ.njə/, /ˌkæl.ɪˈfoɹ.ni.ə/, [ˌkʰæl.ɪˈfo̞ɹ.njə]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌkæl.ɪˈfɔː.ni.ə/, /-njə/, (Received Pronunciation) /ˌkæl.ɪˈfɔː.nɪ.ə/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)niə
- Hyphenation: Cal‧i‧for‧nia
- (without the horse–hoarse merger)
Proper noun
[edit]California (countable and uncountable, plural Californias)
- The most populous state of the United States. Capital: Sacramento. Largest city: Los Angeles.
- Synonyms: (abbreviation) CA, (slang) Cali, (derogatory) Commiefornia
- 1971, Joni Mitchell (lyrics and music), “California”, in Blue:
- But my heart cried out for you, California / Oh, California, I'm coming home
- (chiefly historical) A region on the west coast of North America comprising the US state of California and the Baja California peninsula in Mexico; historically also including other areas in Alta California and Baja California.
- Several places in the United States.
- A census-designated place in Maryland.
- A borough of Pennsylvania.
- A city, the county seat of Moniteau County, Missouri.
- A neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
- A city in Campbell County, Kentucky.
- A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
- A village in Maine.
- A ghost town in West Virginia.
- Several places in England:
- A village in Berkshire.
- A neighbourhood of Birmingham, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP0182).
- An area in Derby, Derbyshire.
- A district of Ipswich, Suffolk.
- A hamlet in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
- An outer suburb of Dunstable, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0120).
- A coastal resort in Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby, Norfolk.
- A community of Ontario, Canada.
- A town in the Santander department, Colombia.
- A town in the Usulután department, El Salvador.
- A neighborhood of Casablanca, Morocco.
- A village in Bohol, Philippines.
- A village in Stirlingshire, Scotland.
- A town in Trinidad and Tobago.
- University of California, Berkeley.
Derived terms
[edit]- Alta California
- Baja California
- CA
- CalArts
- californate
- California bankroll
- California barberry
- California blackberry
- California blanket
- California bungalow
- California burger
- California buttercup
- California Channel Island fox
- California City
- California condor
- California cooler
- California corbina
- California corn flakes
- California Creek
- California Current
- California dewberry
- California dogface butterfly
- California effect
- California fan palm
- California fuchsia
- California grass
- California hazelnut
- California holly
- California Hot Springs
- California Jack
- California kilowatt
- California king
- California kingsnake
- California laurel
- Californialike
- California-like
- California minute
- California mugwort
- Californian
- California newt
- Californianization
- Californianize
- California pepper tree
- California Pines
- California pitcher plant
- California pizza
- California plum
- California poppy
- California poppy
- California quail
- California rabbit tobacco
- California roll
- California sea lion
- California smoothtongue
- California Spangled Cat
- California stop
- California-style pizza
- California sycamore
- Californiation
- California valley quail
- Californication
- californite
- californium
- daughter from California syndrome
- Gulf of California
- Norcal
- pride of California
- Socal
- Southern California
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]US state
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village in Scotland
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See also
[edit]| States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
| Federal district: Washington, D.C. |
| Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
Further reading
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California on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Etymology of California
California on Wikiquote.Wikiquote 
California on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage 
Category:California on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
[edit]Central Nahuatl
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]California
- California (a state of the United States)
Danish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]California (genitive Californias)
- Alternative form of Californien
Galician
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]California
- California (a state of the United States)
Related terms
[edit]Italian
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English California.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]California f
- California (a state of the United States)
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]New Latin, borrowed from Spanish California.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ka.liˈfor.ni.a/, [kälʲɪˈfɔrniä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.liˈfor.ni.a/, [käliˈfɔrniä]
Proper noun
[edit]California f sg (genitive Californiae); first declension
- (New Latin) California
- California regiō magna est. ― California is a big region.
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | California |
| genitive | Californiae |
| dative | Californiae |
| accusative | Californiam |
| ablative | Californiā |
| vocative | California |
Derived terms
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]California f
- California (a state of the United States)
Related terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in Montalvo's Las sergas de Esplandián as the name of Calafia's monarchy. A name invented by the author to remind Spanish readers of the recent Reconquista, probably based on califa (“caliph”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]California f
- California (a state of the United States)
- A town in the Usulután department, El Salvador
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Putnam, Ruth (1917). Herbert Ingram Priestley (ed.). California: the name. Berkeley: University of California.
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