Kalifornien
Danish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Kalifornien (genitive Kaliforniens)
- alternative form of Californien: California (the most populous state of the United States)
German
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Etymology
[edit]From Spanish California + -ien.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /kaliˈfɔrni̯ən/, [ˌka.liˈfɔʁ.njən], [-lɪ-], [-ˈfɔɐ̯-], [-ni.ən]
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Kalifornien n (proper noun, genitive Kaliforniens or (optionally with an article) Kalifornien)
- California (the most populous state of the United States)
Usage notes
[edit]- While other German names for US states are either archaic (like Pennsylvanien) or used alongside the English form (like Norddakota), the state of California is still exclusively referred to as Kalifornien.
Derived terms
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English California, from Spanish California.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Kalifornien n (genitive Kaliforniens)
- California (the most populous state of the United States)
Usage notes
[edit]The only American state to have a different name in Swedish.
References
[edit]Categories:
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- da:California, USA
- da:States of the United States
- da:Places in the United States
- German terms derived from Spanish
- German terms suffixed with -ien
- German 4-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:California, USA
- de:States of the United States
- de:Places in the United States
- German exonyms
- Swedish terms borrowed from English
- Swedish terms derived from English
- Swedish terms derived from Spanish
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:California, USA
- sv:States of the United States
- sv:Places in the United States