California

Etymology
Probably after, a Utopian island of the Amazons described in , a 16th-century Spanish novel. The name comes from the fictional island's Muslim-allied queen,, whose name is a play on. For more information see:.

Proper noun

 * 1)  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.
 * 2) Several places in the United States.
 * 3) Several places in England:
 * 1)  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.
 * 2) Several places in the United States.
 * 3) Several places in England:
 * 1) Several places in England:
 * 1) Several places in England:
 * 1) Several places in England:
 * 1) Several places in England:
 * 1) Several places in England:
 * 1) Several places in England:
 * 1) Several places in England:
 * 1) Several places in England:

Translations

 * Albanian: Kalifornia
 * Amharic: ካሊፎርኒያ
 * Arabic: كَالِيفُورْنِيَا
 * Hijazi Arabic: كاليفورنيا
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque: Kalifornia
 * Bavarian: Kalifornien
 * Belarusian: Каліфорнія
 * Breton: Kalifornia
 * Bulgarian: Калифо́рния
 * Burmese: ကာလီဖိုးနီးယား
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏕᎳᏧᏢᎢ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 加利福尼亞州, 加州
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Cornish: Kaliforni
 * Czech:
 * Danish: Californien
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: Kalifornia
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: კალიფორნია
 * German:
 * Greek:, Καλιφορνία
 * Guaraní: Kalihõryña
 * Gujarati: કેલિફોર્નિયા
 * Haitian Creole: Kalifòni
 * Hawaiian: Kaleponi
 * Hebrew: קליפורניה
 * Hindi: कैलिफ़ोर्निया, कैलीफोर्निया
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: Kalifornía
 * Ido:
 * Inuktitut: ᑳᓖᐴᕐᓃᐊ
 * Irish: Calafóirn
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kannada: ಕ್ಯಾಲಿಫೊರ್ನಿಯ
 * Kazakh:
 * Khmer: កាលីហ្វ័រញ៉ា
 * Korean: ^캘리포니아
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: Kalîforniya
 * Kyrgyz: Калифорния
 * Lao: ແຄລິຟໍເນຍ, ກາລິຟໍເນຍ
 * Latin: California
 * Latvian: Kalifornija
 * Limburgish:
 * Lithuanian: Kalifornija
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Macedonian: Калифо́рнија
 * Malayalam: കാലിഫോർണിയ
 * Maltese: Kalifornja
 * Maori: Karapōnia
 * Marathi: कॅलिफॉर्निया
 * Mongolian: Калифорни
 * Navajo: Ahééháshį́į́h hahoodzo
 * Nepali: क्यालिफोर्निया
 * Norman: Califournie
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: California
 * Pennsylvania German: Kalifornie
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Samogitian: Kalėfuornėjė
 * Scots: Californie
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Калифо̀рнија
 * Roman:
 * Silesian: Kaliforńijo
 * Sinhalese: කැලිෆෝනියාවේ
 * Slovak: Kalifornia
 * Slovene:
 * Somali: Kalifornia
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: Kaliporniya
 * Tajik: Калифорния
 * Tamil: கலிபோர்னியா
 * Telugu: కాలిఫోర్నియా
 * Thai: แคลิฟอร์เนีย
 * Tibetan: ཁྰ་ལེ་ཧྥོར་ནི་ཡ
 * Tongan: Kalifonia
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: Каліфорнія
 * Urdu: کیلیفورنیا
 * Uyghur: كالىفورنىيە
 * Uzbek: Kaliforniya
 * Vietnamese:, Ca-li, Ca-li-phoóc-ni-a, Caliphoócnia
 * Walloon: Californeye
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: Kalifornje
 * Yiddish: קאַליפֿאָרניע


 * Scots: Californie
 * Scottish Gaelic: Calafornaidh

Etymology
.

Etymology
, borrowed from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  California

Etymology
Mentioned in Montalvo's  as the name of 's monarchy. A name invented by the author to remind Spanish readers of the recent, probably related to.