Kalifornio

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English California, itself borrowed from Spanish California (the monarchy in the 16th-century novel Las sergas de Esplandián), named after the novel's character Calafia, derived from Arabic خَلِيفَة‎ (ḵalīfa, “caliph”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kaliforˈnio]
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  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: Ka‧li‧for‧ni‧o

Proper noun

Kalifornio (accusative Kalifornion)

  1. California (a state of the United States)

Holonyms

Derived terms
  • kalifornia
  • kaliforniano


See also
Oregono
Pacifiko        Nevado
  Arizono
Meksiko
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