California

Califórnia Califòrnia california californià English thumb|240px|Flag of California region Q99 en Location of the state of California in the United States Etymology en :bor es:California 1 Probably en es - after es 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, en Calafia =, whose name may be a play on en ar خَلِيفَة caliph. en ar خ ل ف For more information see: Etymology of California. Pronunciation en /ˌkælɪˈfoɹnjə/ /ˌkælɪˈfoɹni.ə/ /ˌkæləˈfoɹnjə/ /ˌkæləˈfoɹni.ə/ GA en en-us-California.ogg US en Texas LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-California.wav en /ˌkælɪˈfɔːni.ə/ /-njə/ RP en /ˌkalɪˈfoːnɪjə/ /-njə/ SSB en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-California.wav SSB /ˌkalɪˈfoːnjə/ en non-horse-hoarse en /ˌkalɪˈfɔɾne.ə/ Scotland en /ˈkæː.lɪ.ˈfoː(r).n(ɪ.)jɑː/ /kə.lɪˈfoː(r).n(ɪ.)jɑː/ India en /ˌkælɪˈfɔɹnjə/ /-ni.ə/ early 20th century <<GA>>,near-<<obsolete>> en /ˌkælɪˈfɔːnɪ.ə/ 19th century <<RP>> en ɔː(ɹ)niə 5 en Cal i for nia Proper noun ~ en Q99en The most populous <<state>> of the <<c/US>> Sacramento Los Angeles. en CA abbreviation Cali slang Commiefornia derogatory en w:Joni Mitchell 1971 Blue California But my heart cried out for you, California / Oh, California, I'm coming home en 2007-05-13 Natalie Lui, Stephen Duncan w:The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/fashion/weddings/13LUI.html The men I met in California who were in their 30s and superambitious never really valued women, but Stephen valued me as a person.” https://web.archive.org/web/20221126035006/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/fashion/weddings/13LUI.html en California Usury Laws June Lin https://nvlawllp.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/California-Usury-Law-Speed-Bump-Article.pdf 2018-05 1 Niesar & Vestal LLP The originator of a usurious loan in California is subject to severe civil penalties. https://web.archive.org/web/20260128073331/https://nvlawllp.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/California-Usury-Law-Speed-Bump-Article.pdf 28 January 2026 en 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. Several places in the United States: en city co/Campbell County s/Kentucky. en neighborhood city/Louisville c/Kentucky. en ucomm town:pref/Stockholm co/Aroostook County s/Maine. en CDP co/St. Mary's County s/Maryland. TopoZone: California, Maryland en twp co/Branch County s/Michigan. en city/county seat co/Moniteau County s/Missouri. en neighborhood city/Cincinnati s/Ohio. en bor in co/Washington County s/Pennsylvania. en ghost town co/Wirt County s/West Virginia. Several places in England: en suburban village and park in par/Finchampstead bor/Wokingham co/Berkshire OS grid ref SU7964. en neighbourhood city/Birmingham co/West Midlands OS grid ref SP0182. en area city/Derby co/Derbyshire. en district town/Ipswich co/Suffolk. en southern suburb town/Aylesbury co/Buckinghamshire OS grid ref SP8113. en outer suburb town/Dunstable co/Bedfordshire OS grid ref TL0120. en seaside resort cpar/Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby bor/Great Yarmouth co/Norfolk OS grid ref TG5115. en village carea/Falkirk cc/Scotland OS grid ref NS9076. en community p/Ontario c/Canada. en town department/Santander c/Colombia. en town department/Usulután c/El Salvador. en neighborhood city/Casablanca c/Morocco. en barangay mun/Barotac Viejo p/Iloilo c/Philippines. en barangay mun/Ubay p/Bohol c/Philippines. en town c/Trinidad and Tobago. University of California, Berkeley. en Universities Derived terms en Alta California Baja California British California CA Cal-Nev-Ari CalArts Calexico Calexit californate California bankroll California barberry California bay California blackberry California blanket California bungalow California burger California butterclam California buttercup California Channel Island fox California City California condor California cooler California corbina California corn flakes California Creek California Current California deermouse California dewberry California dogface butterfly California effect California fan palm California fever California fuchsia California grass California Gully California hazelnut California holly California Hot Springs California Jack California kilowatt California king California kingsnake California laurel California minute California mouse California mugwort California newt California pepper tree California Pines California pitcher plant California pizza California plum California poppy California quail California rabbit tobacco California Republic California roach California roll California sea lion California smoothtongue California sober California sound California Spangled Cat California State California stop California sycamore California toothpick California valley fever California valley quail California woodpecker California-like California-style pizza Californiaese Californiaish Californialike Californian Californiana Californianization Californianize Californiation Californication californite californium Calimyrna Calpine daughter from California syndrome Gulf of California Lower California Mexifornia Norcal Oaxacalifornia pride of California Socal Southern California Related terms en Dalifornia Translations US state Albanian: sq Kalifornia Amharic: am ካሊፎርኒያ Arabic: ar كَالِيفُورْنِيَا f Hijazi Arabic: acw كاليفورنيا f kālifōrnya, kalifōrnya Armenian: hy Կալիֆոռնիա Azerbaijani: az Kaliforniya Basque: eu Kalifornia Belarusian: be Каліфорнія Bengali: bn ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া Breton: br Kalifornia f Bulgarian: bg Калифо́рния Burmese: my ကာလီဖိုးနီးယား Catalan: ca Califòrnia Cherokee: chr ᎠᏕᎳᏧᏢᎢ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 加利福尼亞州 gaa1 lei6 fuk1 nei4 aa3, yue 加州 gaa1 zau1 Mandarin: cmn 加利福尼亞州 Jiālìfúníyǎ zhōu, cmn 加州 Jiāzhōu Cornish: kw Kaliforni f Czech: cs Kalifornie f Danish: da Californien Dobrujan Tatar: crh Kaliforniye Dutch: nl Californië n Esperanto: eo Kalifornio Estonian: et California Faroese: fo Kalifornia n Finnish: fi Kalifornia French: fr Californie f Frisian: West Frisian: fy Kalifornje n Galician: gl California f Georgian: ka კალიფორნია German: de Kalifornien n Bavarian: bar Kalifornien Greek: el Καλιφόρνια, el Καλιφορνία Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: gug Kalihõryña Gujarati: gu કેલિફોર્નિયા Haitian Creole: ht Kalifòni Hawaiian: haw Kaleponi Hebrew: he קליפורניה f qalifornia Hindi: hi कैलिफ़ोर्निया, hi कैलीफोर्निया Hungarian: hu Kalifornia Icelandic: is Kalifornía f Ido: io Kalifornia Inuktitut: iu ᑳᓖᐴᕐᓃᐊ Irish: ga Calafóirn an Chalafóirn f Italian: it California f Japanese: ja カリフォルニア州 Kariforunia-shū, ja 加州 Kashū Kannada: kn ಕ್ಯಾಲಿಫೊರ್ನಿಯ Kazakh: kk Калифорния Khmer: km កាលីហ្វ័រញ៉ា Korean: ko ^캘리포니아, ko ^가주(加州) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb کالیفۆڕنیا Northern Kurdish: kmr Kalîforniya Kyrgyz: ky Калифорния Lao: lo ແຄລິຟໍເນຍ, lo ກາລິຟໍເນຍ Latin: la California f Latvian: lv Kalifornija f Limburgish: li Californije Lithuanian: lt Kalifornija f Luxembourgish: lb Kalifornien Macedonian: mk Калифо́рнија f Malayalam: ml കാലിഫോർണിയ Maltese: mt Kalifornja Māori: mi Karapōnia Marathi: mr कॅलिफॉर्निया m Mongolian: mn Калифорни Navajo: nv Ahééháshį́į́h hahoodzo Nepali: ne क्यालिफोर्निया Norman: nrf Califournie f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb California Nynorsk: nn California Pennsylvania German: pdc Kalifornie Persian: fa کالیفرنیا kâliforniyâ Pohnpeian: pon Kalipohnia Polish: pl Kalifornia f Portuguese: pt Califórnia f Romanian: ro California f Russian: ru Калифо́рния f Samogitian: sgs Kalėfuornėjė Scots: sco Californie Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Калифо̀рнија f Latin: sh Kalifòrnija f Silesian: szl Kaliforńijo Sinhalese: si කැලිෆෝනියාවේ Slovak: sk Kalifornia f Slovene: sl Kalifórnija f Somali: so Kalifornia Spanish: es California f Swedish: sv Kalifornien Tagalog: tl Kaliporniya Tajik: tg Калифорния Tamil: ta கலிபோர்னியா Telugu: te కాలిఫోర్నియా Thai: th แคลิฟอร์เนีย Tibetan: bo ཁྰ་ལེ་ཧྥོར་ནི་ཡ Tongan: to Kalifonia Turkish: tr Kaliforniya Ukrainian: uk Каліфорнія f Urdu: ur کیلیفورنیا kelīforniyā Uyghur: ug كالىفورنىيە Uzbek: uz Kaliforniya Vietnamese: vi Ca Li, vi Ca-li, vi Ca-li-phoóc-ni-a, vi Caliphoócnia Walloon: wa Californeye Welsh: cy Califfornia f Yiddish: yi קאַליפֿאָרניע village in Scotland Bengali: bn ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া Scots: sco Californie Scottish Gaelic: gd Calafornaidh See also References Further reading Etymology of California Anagrams en aacfiilnor Fornicalia en terms suffixed with -ia (place) Central Nahuatl Proper noun nhn proper noun nhn California Q99 Danish Proper noun da proper noun genitive Californias da Californien Galician Proper noun gl California Q99 Related terms gl californiano Italian it: Etymology it :bor en:California it en California. Pronunciation Califòrnia Proper noun f it California Q99 Latin la: Etymology New Latin, borrowed from la es California, ultimately related to la ar خَلِيفَة caliph. Pronunciation Calīfornia Proper noun Calīfornia<1.loc> la New Latin la California Q99 la Calīfornia regiō magna est. California is a big region. y Declension Calīfornia<1> Derived terms la calīforniānus la calīfornicus Romanian Proper noun ro proper noun f ro California Q99 Related terms ro californian Spanish es: thumb|California Etymology es :af califa -or -n- -ia 1 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 es califa caliph. es califa -or -n- -ia. Pronunciation Proper noun f es California Q99 es Los latinos de Estados Unidos serían la quinta economía más grande del mundo si fueran un país, afirma un estudio w:CNN en Español https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2023/09/29/latinos-estados-unidos-quinta-economia-pib-orix 2023-09-29 El PIB de la comunidad latina estadounidense estimado por LDC supera el de países como Francia, Reino Unido y la India; tan solo en un estado, California, la economía latina ocuparía el lugar 21 entre las más grandes del mundo, superando la de Suiza. https://web.archive.org/web/20240415113541/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2023/09/29/latinos-estados-unidos-quinta-economia-pib-orix/ es town dept/Usulután c/El Salvador Derived terms es Alta California Baja California Baja California Sur californiano californio colín de California liebre de California See also References Putnam, Ruth (1917). Herbert Ingram Priestley (ed.). California: the name. Berkeley: University of California.