California

See also Califórnia

English

Map of US highlighting California

Etymology

Probably Spanish after California, a Utopian island of the Amazons described in Las Sergas de Esplandián, a 16th century Spanish novel.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˌkæl.ɪ.ˈfɔɹ.njə/, /ˌkæl.ɪ.ˈfɔɹ.ni.ə/, SAMPA: /%k{lI"fOrnj@/, /%k{lI"fOrni@/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)niə
• Hyphenation: Cal‧i‧for‧nia

Proper noun

California

1. A western coastal state of the United States of America. Capital: Sacramento.

Derived terms

CA California holly California poppy Nor-cal

California stop Californian Norcal Northern California

Translations

state of the United States of America

Arabic: كاليفورنيا (ar) (kalifúrniya) f. Armenian: Կալիֆոռնիա (hy) (Kalifoṙnia) Belarusian: Каліфорнія (be) (Kalifornija) Chinese: Mandarin: 加利福尼亞州 (cmn), 加利福尼亚州 (cmn) (Jiālìfúníyǎ-zhōu), 加州 (cmn) (Jiā-zhōu) Croatian: Kalifornija (hr) f. Czech: Kalifornie (cs) f. Danish: Californien (da) Dutch: Californië (nl) Esperanto: Kalifornio (eo) Estonian: California (et) Finnish: Kalifornia (fi) French: Californie (fr) f. German: Kalifornien (de) n. Greek: Καλιφόρνια (el) (Kalifórnia) Hebrew: קליפורניה (he) (qalifornia) f. Hungarian: Kalifornia (hu) Icelandic: Kalifornía (is) f. Italian: California (it) f. Japanese: カリフォルニア州 (ja) (Kariforunia-shū), 加州 (ja) (Ka-shū)

Latin: California (la) f. Macedonian: Калифорнија (mk) (Kalifórnija) f. Maltese: Kalifornja (mt) Navajo: Akééháshį́į́h hahoodzo Persian: کالیفرنیا (fa) (kâliforniâ) Polish: Kalifornia (pl) f. Portuguese: Califórnia (pt) f. Romanian: California (ro) f. Russian: Калифорния (ru) (Kalifórnija) f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Калифо̀рнија (sh) f. Roman: Kalifòrnija (sh) f. Slovak: Kalifornia (sk) f. Slovene: Kalifórnija (sl) f. Spanish: California (es) f. Swedish: Kalifornien (sv) Turkish: Kaliforniya (tr) Ukrainian: Каліфорнія (uk) (Kalifornija) f. Vietnamese: Ca Li, Ca-li, Ca-li-phoóc-ni-a, Caliphoócnia Welsh: Califfornia (cy) Yiddish: קאַליפֿאָרניע (yi) (kalifornie)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in California

External links

• California on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Italian

Proper noun

California f.

1. California

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Spanish

Proper noun

California f.

1. California

Related terms

• Californian
• californio
• Californio