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california

/ˌkælɪˈfoɹnjə/

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What does california mean?

proper noun

  1. The most populous state of the United States. Capital: Sacramento. Largest city: Los Angeles.
  2. A city in Campbell County, Kentucky.
  3. A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
More meanings (24)

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in the town of Stockholm, Aroostook County, Maine.
  2. A census-designated place in St. Mary's County, Maryland.
  3. A township in Branch County, Michigan.
  4. A city, the county seat of Moniteau County, Missouri.
  5. A neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
  6. A borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
  7. A ghost town in Wirt County, West Virginia.
  8. A suburban village and park in Finchampstead parish, Wokingham borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU7964).
  9. A neighbourhood of Birmingham, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP0182).
  10. An area of Derby, Derbyshire.
  11. A district of Ipswich, Suffolk.
  12. A southern suburb of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP8113).
  13. An outer suburb of Dunstable, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0120).
  14. A seaside resort in Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby civil parish, Great Yarmouth borough, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG5115).
  15. A village in Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9076).
  16. A community in Ontario, Canada.
  17. A town in Santander department, Colombia.
  18. A town in Usulután department, El Salvador.
  19. A neighborhood of Casablanca, Morocco.
  20. A barangay of Barotac Viejo, Iloilo, Philippines.
  21. A barangay of Ubay, Bohol, Philippines.
  22. A town in Trinidad and Tobago.
  23. University of California, Berkeley.
  24. (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.
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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˌkælɪˈfoɹni.ə//ˌkæləˈfoɹnjə//ˌkæləˈfoɹni.ə/
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On the California side of the Sierra grain will not ripen at much greater elevation than four thousand feet above sea level.
John MuirSteep TrailsProject Gutenberg ebook #326
We had other unusual experiences in California, and the display of affluence on every side was not the least impressive of them.
Anna Howard Shaw; Elizabeth Garver JordanThe Story of a PioneerProject Gutenberg ebook #354
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“I have been in Chili, sir,” said he in the same tongue, “and in California, and in those places I learned Spanish.”
George BorrowWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryProject Gutenberg ebook #648
Fine specimens of yucca grow on the Mojave desert in California that are large and numerous enough to form a straggling forest.
J. A. (Joseph Amasa) MunkArizona SketchesProject Gutenberg ebook #756
The dishes contained baked meats, frijoles stewed with peppers and onions, boiled eggs, and California flour baked into a kind of macaroni.
Richard Henry DanaTwo Years Before the MastProject Gutenberg ebook #2055