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Cali·for·nia (kal′ə fôr′nyə, -nē ə)

  1. state of the SW U.S., on the Pacific coast: admitted, 1850; 155,959 sq mi (403,933 sq km); pop. 33,872,000; cap. Sacramento: abbrev. CA, Cal, or Calif
  2. arm of the Pacific, between Baja California and the Mexican mainland

Etymology: Sp, orig. name of a fabled island

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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