California

Table of contents

1 Etymology 2 Pronunciation 2.1 Hyphenation 3 Proper noun 3.1 Translations 4 Derived terms 5 See also 6 External links 1 Italian 1.1 Proper noun 2 Spanish 2.1 Proper noun

Etymology

Probably after California, a utopian island of Amazons described in Las Sergas de Esplandián, a 16th century Spanish novel.

Pronunciation

IPA	/ˌkæl.ɪ.ˈfɔɹ.njə/, /ˌkæl.ɪ.ˈfɔɹ.ni.ə/
SAMPA	/%k{lI"fOrnj@/, /%k{lI"fOrni@/

Hyphenation

Cal-i-for-nia

Proper noun

California

1. A western coastal Capital: Sacramento .

Translations

• Chinese: 加利福尼亚州 (jiālìfúníyǎ zhōu), 加州 (jiāzhōu)
• Danish: Californien
• Dutch: Californië
• Esperanto: Kalifornio
• Finnish: Kalifornia
• French: Californie f
• German: Kalifornien
• Italian: California
• Japanese: カリフォルニア州 (karifworunia-shuu), 加州
• Polish: Kalifornia
• Spanish: California
• Swedish: Kalifornien
• Vietnamese: Ca Li , Ca-li , Ca-li-phoóc-ni-a , Caliphoócnia

Derived terms

• Californian

See also

• CA

External links

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Italian

Proper noun

California

1. California

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Spanish

Proper noun

California

1. California