California

Meaning

1. The most populous state of the United States. Capital: Sacramento. Largest city: Los Angeles.
2. 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.
3. Several places in the United States.
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18. A community of Ontario, Canada.
19. A town in the Santander department, Colombia.
20. A town in the Usulután department, El Salvador.
21. A neighborhood of Casablanca, Morocco.
22. A village in Bohol, Philippines.
23. A village in Stirlingshire, Scotland.
24. A town in Trinidad and Tobago.
25. University of California, Berkeley.

Hyphenated as

Cal‧i‧for‧nia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌkæl.ɪˈfoɹ.njə/

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 on Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “caliph”).
For more information see: Etymology of California.

Sentences

Folsey died in Santa Monica , California .

Soon afterwards Epps moved to Hollywood , California .