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English[edit]
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”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌkæl.ɪˈfɔɹ.njə/, /ˌkæl.ɪˈfɔɹ.ni.ə/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(r)niə
- Hyphenation: Cal‧i‧for‧nia
Proper noun[edit]
California
- The most populous state of the United States. Capital: Sacramento. Largest city: Los Angeles.
- Synonyms: CA (abbreviation), Cali (slang), Commiefornia (derogatory)
- 1971, Joni Mitchell (lyrics and music), “California”, in Blue:
- But my heart cried out for you, California / Oh, California, I'm coming home
- Several places in the United States.
- A census-designated place in Maryland.
- A borough of Pennsylvania.
- A city in 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.
- A hamlet in Kensworth, Bedfordshire.
- A coastal resort in Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby, Norfolk.
- A community in Ontario, Canada.
- A town in Santander department, Colombia.
- A town in 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]
Translations[edit]
US state
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village in Scotland
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See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
California on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams[edit]
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)
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English California.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
California f
- California (a state of the United States)
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Neo-Latin. From Spanish California
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.liˈfor.ni.a/, [ka.l̪ɪˈfɔr.ni.a]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.liˈfor.ni.a/, [ka.liˈfɔr.ni.a]
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, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | California |
Genitive | Californiae |
Dative | Californiae |
Accusative | Californiam |
Ablative | Californiā |
Vocative | California |
Locative | Californiae |
Derived terms[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
California f
- California (a state of the United States)
Related terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Mentioned 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 related to califa (“caliph”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
California f
- California (a state of the United States)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Putnam, Ruth (1917). Herbert Ingram Priestley (ed.). California: the name. Berkeley: University of California.
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