California

 

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.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkæl.ɪˈfoɹ.njə/, /ˌkæl.ɪˈfoɹ.ni.ə/, [ˌkʰæl.ɪˈfo̞ɹ.njə]

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkæl.ɪˈfɔː.ni.ə/, /-njə/, (Received Pronunciation) /ˌkæl.ɪˈfɔː.nɪ.ə/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)niə
• Hyphenation: Cal‧i‧for‧nia
• (without the horse–hoarse merger)
  • (rhotic) IPA^(key): /ˌkæl.ɪˈfɔɹ.njə/
  • (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /ˌkæl.ɪˈfɔː.njə/

California (countable and uncountable, plural Californias)

2. 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

3. (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.
4. Several places in the United States.
   1. A census-designated place in Maryland.
   2. A borough of Pennsylvania.
   3. A city, the county seat of Moniteau County, Missouri.
   4. A neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
   5. A city in Campbell County, Kentucky.
   6. A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
   7. A village in Maine.
   8. A ghost town in West Virginia.
5. Several places in England:
   1. A village in Berkshire.
   2. A neighbourhood of Birmingham, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP0182).
   3. An area in Derby, Derbyshire.
   4. A district of Ipswich, Suffolk.
   5. A hamlet in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
   6. An outer suburb of Dunstable, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0120).
   7. A coastal resort in Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby, Norfolk.
6. A community of Ontario, Canada.
7. A town in the Santander department, Colombia.
8. A town in the Usulután department, El Salvador.
9. A neighborhood of Casablanca, Morocco.
10. A village in Bohol, Philippines.
11. A village in Stirlingshire, Scotland.
12. A town in Trinidad and Tobago.
13. University of California, Berkeley.

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• Fornicalia

California

1. California (a state of the United States)

California (genitive Californias)

1. Alternative form of Californien

California

1. California (a state of the United States)

• californiano

 

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

California

Wikipedia ^it

Borrowed from English California.

• IPA^(key): /ka.liˈfɔr.nja/
• Rhymes: -ɔrnja
• Hyphenation: Ca‧li‧fòr‧nia

California f

1. California (a state of the United States)

 

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:

California

Wikipedia ^la

New Latin, borrowed from Spanish California.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.liˈfor.ni.a/, [kälʲɪˈfɔrniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.liˈfor.ni.a/, [käliˈfɔrniä]

California f sg (genitive Californiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) California

   California regiō magna est. ― California is a big region.

First-declension noun, singular only.

• californiānus
• californicus

California f

1. California (a state of the United States)

• californian

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”).

• IPA^(key): /kaliˈfoɾnja/ [ka.liˈfoɾ.nja]
• Rhymes: -oɾnja
• Syllabification: Ca‧li‧for‧nia

California f

1. California (a state of the United States)
2. A town in the Usulután department, El Salvador

• Putnam, Ruth (1917). Herbert Ingram Priestley (ed.). California: the name. Berkeley: University of California.