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California (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 119 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -119.0000 decimal degrees |
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Bounding coordinates: |
| Lat: 32 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.5000 decimal degrees |
| Lat: 42 42 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 114 08 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -114.1330 decimal degrees |
| Long: 124 24 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -124.4000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Inhabited by many ethnic nationalities including Mojave, Yuma and Chumash when Spanish arrived in 16th cen.; Franciscans established missions all along coast; went to Mexico in 1820s; went to US in 1848; great influx of settlers from E arrived in gold rush. |
Names: |
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| California (preferred,C,V,English)
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............ | name derives from a Spanish poem, explorers used the name for this area in 16th cen. |
| California (Spanish)
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| California (Norwegian)
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| CA (C,V,USPS)
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| Akééháshį́į́h Hahoodzo (C,U,Navajo)
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| Albion (C,U)
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| Alta California (H,U,Spanish)
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| Calafòrnia (C,U,Scots Gaelic)
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| Calif. (C,U)
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| Califfornia (C,U,Welsh)
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| Californeye (C,U,Walloon)
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| Califórnia (C,U,Portuguese)
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| Całifornia (C,U,Venetian)
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| Califòrnia (C,U,Catalan)
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| Califòrnia (Sardinian)
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| Califòrnia (Piemontese)
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| Califòrnia (Occitan)
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| California Del Norte (C,U)
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| California Republic (C,U,English)
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| California Septentrional (C,U)
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| California Superior (C,U)
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| California suyu (C,U,Quechuan)
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| California suyu (Ayamará)
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| Californië (C,U,Dutch)
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| Californië (Limburgan)
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| Californië (Zeeuws)
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| Californie (C,U,French)
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| Californie (Scots)
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| Californie (Picard)
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| Californien (C,U,Danish)
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| Estado de California (C,U,Spanish)
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| Golden State (C,U,English)
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| Kalėfuornėjė (C,U,Samogitian)
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| Kaleponi (C,U,Hawaiian)
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| Kalifonän (C,U,Volapük)
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| Kalifòni (C,U,Haitian (Haitian Creole))
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| Kaliforni (C,U,Cornish)
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| Kalifornia (C,U,Somali)
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| Kalifornia (Sunda)
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| Kalifornia (Malagasy)
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| Kalifornia (Ladino)
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| Kalifornia (Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Kalifornia (Finnish)
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| Kalifornia (Polish)
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| Kalifornia (Slovak)
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| Kalifornia (Basque)
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| Kalifornia (Albanian)
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| Kalifornia (Breton)
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| Kalifornia (Faroese)
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| Kalifornia (Bislama)
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| Kalifornia (Northern Sami)
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| Kalifornia (Ido)
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| Kalifornía (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Kalifọ́rníà (C,U,Yoruba)
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| kalifornias (C,U)
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| Kalifornie (C,U,Czech)
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| Kalifornie (Pennsylvania German)
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| Kalifornië (C,U,Afrikaans)
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| Kalifornien (C,U,Swedish)
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| Kalifornien (German)
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| Kalifornien (Low German)
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| Kalifornien (Bavarian)
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| Kalifornien (Albanian, Tosk)
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| Kalifornien (Luxembourgish)
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| Kalifornien (Saterfriesisch)
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| Kalifornija (C,U,Croatian)
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| Kalifornija (Bosnian)
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| Kalifornija (Latvian)
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| Kalifornija (Slovene)
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| Kalifornija (Lithuanian)
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| Kaliforńijo (C,U,Silesian)
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| Kalifornio (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Kaliforniska (C,U,Lower Sorbian)
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| Kaliforniska (Upper Sorbian)
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| Kaliforniya (C,U,Uzbek)
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| Kaliforniya (Azerbaijani)
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| Kaliforniya (Turkish)
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| Kaliforniya (Dimli)
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| Kaliforniya (Gagauz)
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| Kaliforniya shtati (C,U)
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| Kaliforniye Shitati (C,U,Uyghur)
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| Kalifornje (C,U,Western Frisian)
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| Kâ-li-fuk-nì-â (C,U,Chinese, Hakka)
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| Kalifurnya (C,U,Kabyle)
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| Karapōnia (C,U,Maori)
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| New Albion (C,U)
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| Noua Albion (C,U)
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| Nueva California (C,U)
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| State of California (C,U,English)
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| Калифорнија (C,U,Serbian)
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| Калифорнија (Macedonian)
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| 加利福尼亞州 (C,U,Chinese, Gan)
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| 加利福尼亞州 (Chinese, Yue)
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| क्यालिफोर्निया (C,U,Pali)
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| क्यालिफोर्निया (Nepali)
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| क्यालिफोर्निया (Newari)
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| 캘리포니아 주 (C,U,Korean)
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| קאליפארניע (C,U,Yiddish)
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| รัฐแคลิฟอร์เนีย (C,U,Thai)
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| Калифорни (C,U,Chuvash)
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| Калифорни (Chechen)
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| Калифорни (Mongolian)
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| Калифорни (Ossetian/Ossetic)
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| Калифорни (Kalmyk)
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| Калифорни (Russia Buriat)
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| Калифорни (Western Mari)
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| Калифорния (C,U,Tatar)
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| Калифорния (Bashkir)
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| Калифорния (Kazakh)
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| Калифорния (Bulgarian)
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| Калифорния (Russian)
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| Калифорния (Karachay-Balkar)
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| Калифорния (Yakut)
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| 加利福尼亚 (C,U,Chinese, Wu)
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| కాలిఫోర్నియా (C,U,Telugu)
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| कालिफ़ोर्निया (C,U,Sanskrit)
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| കാലിഫോർണിയ (C,U,Malayalam)
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| ᑳᓖᐴᕐᓃᐊ (C,U,Inuktitut)
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| کیلیفورنیا (C,U,Panjabi, Western)
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| کیلیفورنیا (Urdu)
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| کالیفرنیا (C,U,Mazanderani)
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| کالیفرنیا (Persian-Farsi)
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| ཁྰ་ལེ་ཧྥོར་ནི་ཡ། (C,U,Tibetan)
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| קליפורניה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| ಕ್ಯಾಲಿಫೊರ್ನಿಯ (C,U,Kannada)
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| Штат Каліфорнія (C,U,Belarusian)
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| Калифорний (C,U)
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| કેલિફોર્નિયા (C,U,Gujarati)
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| कैलिफ़ोर्निया (C,U,Hindi)
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| ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া (C,U,Bengali)
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| ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া (Bishnupriya Manipuri)
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| كاليفورنيا (C,U,Arabic, Egyptian)
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| كاليفورنيا (Arabic)
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| ካሊፎርኒያ (C,U,Amharic)
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| کالیفۆرنیا (C,U,Central Kurdish)
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| کالیفورنیا ایالتی (C,U,Azerbaijani, South)
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| Каліфорнія (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| کالیفورنیا (C,U,Northern Luri)
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| 加利福尼亚州 (C,U,Chinese)
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| ਕੈਲੀਫ਼ੋਰਨੀਆ (C,U,Panjabi, Eastern)
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| Կալիֆոռնիա (C,U,Armenian)
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| کالېفورنیا (C,U,Pashto)
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| ကယ်လီဖိုးနီးယားပြည်နယ် (C,U,Burmese)
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| Καλιφόρνια (C,U,Greek)
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| கலிபோர்னியா (C,U,Tamil)
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| カリフォルニア州 (C,U,Japanese)
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| კალიფორნია (C,U,Georgian)
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| कॅलिफोर्निया (C,U,Marathi)
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Additional Parents: |
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Place Types: |
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| state (preferred, B) |
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since September 9, 1850 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Sacramento .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States, California, Sacramento county) [7017902] |
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