Calif.

abbr. California.

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noun

a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes

• Syn: ↑California, ↑Golden State, ↑CA

• Derivationally related forms: ↑Californian (for: ↑California)

• Members of this Region: ↑Achomawi

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑American state

• Part Holonyms:

↑United States, ↑United States of America, ↑America, ↑the States, ↑US, ↑U.S., ↑USA, ↑U.S.A., ↑Southwest, ↑southwestern United States

• Part Meronyms:

↑Channel Islands National Park, ↑Kings Canyon National Park, ↑Lassen Volcanic National Park, ↑Redwood National Park, ↑Sequoia National Park, ↑Yosemite National Park, ↑Anaheim, ↑Bakersfield, ↑Barstow, ↑Berkeley, ↑Beverly Hills, ↑Chula Vista, ↑Eureka, ↑Fresno, ↑Long Beach, ↑Los Angeles, ↑City of the Angels, ↑Monterey, ↑Oakland, ↑Palo Alto, ↑Pasadena, ↑Redding, ↑Riverside, ↑Sacramento, ↑capital of California, ↑San Bernardino, ↑San Diego, ↑San Francisco, ↑San Jose, ↑San Mateo, ↑San Pablo, ↑Santa Ana, ↑Santa Barbara, ↑Santa Clara, ↑Santa Cruz, ↑Big Sur, ↑Silicon Valley, ↑Colorado Desert, ↑Death Valley, ↑Mojave, ↑Mojave Desert, ↑Mohave, ↑Mohave Desert, ↑Lake Tahoe, ↑Donner Pass, ↑Golden Gate, ↑Klamath, ↑Klamath River, ↑Monterey Bay, ↑Russian River, ↑Sacramento River, ↑Salton Sea, ↑San Andreas Fault, ↑San Fernando Valley, ↑San Joaquin River, ↑San Joaquin Valley, ↑Shasta, ↑Mount Shasta, ↑Sierra Nevada, ↑Sierra Nevada Mountains, ↑High Sierra

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California.

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abbrev

California (US state)

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ca|lif «KAY lihf, KAL ihf», noun.

= caliph. (Cf. ↑caliph)

Calif.,

the official abbreviation of California.

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abbr. California