California

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. The name comes from the fictional island's Muslim-allied queen, Calafia, whose name is a play with the word caliph.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌkæl.ɪ.ˈfɔɹ.njə/, /ˌkæl.ɪ.ˈfɔɹ.ni.ə/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(r)niə
  • Hyphenation: Cal‧i‧for‧nia

Proper noun

California

  1. A western coastal state of the United States of America.
  2. A city in and the county seat of Moniteau County, Missouri, USA.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Place names in California

Further reading

Anagrams

Danish

Proper noun

California (genitive Californias)

  1. Alternative form of Californien

Italian

Proper noun

California f

  1. California

Latin

Etymology

Neo-Latin. From Spanish California

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.liˈfor.ni.a/, [ka.lɪˈfɔr.ni.a]

Proper noun

California f sg (genitive Californiae, locative Californiae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) California
    California regiō magna est. ― California is a big region.

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular
nominative California
genitive Californiae
dative Californiae
accusative Californiam
ablative Californiā
vocative California
Derived terms

Romanian

Proper noun

California f

  1. California (U.S. State)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaliˈfornja/

Proper noun

California f

  1. California

Derived terms

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