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/, X-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

• California stop
• Californian
• Norcal
• Socal

Translations

state of the United States of America

• Arabic: كاليفورنيا (ar) (kalifúrniya) f
• Armenian: Կալիֆոռնիա (hy) (Kalifoṙnia)
• Basque: Kalifornia (eu)
• 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)

• Czech: Kalifornie (cs) f
• Danish: Californien (da)
• Dutch: Californië (nl)
• Esperanto: Kalifornio (eo)
• Estonian: California (et)
• Faroese: Kalifornia (fo) n
• 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)
• Jèrriais: Califournie f
• Latin: California (la) f
• Limburgish: Californije (li)
• Luxembourgish: Kalifornien (lb)

• Macedonian: Калифорнија (mk) (Kalifórnija) f
• Maltese: Kalifornja (mt)
• Marathi: कॅलिफॉर्निया (mr) (kǎlifǒrniyā) m
• Navajo: Akééháshį́į́h hahoodzo
• Persian: کالیفرنیا (fa) (kâliforniâ)
• Polish: Kalifornia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Califórnia (pt) f
• Romanian: California (ro) f
• Russian: Калифорния (ru) (Kalifórnija) f
• Scots: Californie
• 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)
• Telugu: కాలిఫోర్నియా (te)
• Turkish: Kaliforniya (tr)
• Ukrainian: Каліфорнія (uk) (Kalifornija) f
• Vietnamese: Ca Li (vi), Ca-li (vi), Ca-li-phoóc-ni-a (vi), Caliphoócnia (vi)
• 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