Cali
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Clipping of California.
Proper nounEdit
Cali
- (slang) The state of California in the United States.
- 2010, “Teenage Dream”, performed by Katy Perry:
- We drove to Cali / And got drunk on the beach
- 2012, Kelli London, Cali Boys, Kensington Publishing Corp. (→ISBN), page 10:
- "Why do I have to live here?" she asked for the umpteenth time, seeing no reason for the twentyfive-hundred-mile move from New York to Cali.
TranslationsEdit
California — see California
Etymology 2Edit
Proper nounEdit
Cali
- A city in western Colombia, southwest of Bogotá.
- Synonym: Santiago de Cali
- A river in Colombia which flows by the city.
TranslationsEdit
Further readingEdit
Etymology 3Edit
Proper nounEdit
Cali
- Archaic form of Kali (“Hindu goddess”).
AnagramsEdit
SomaliEdit
EtymologyEdit
Proper nounEdit
Cali
- A male given name: Ali.
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Calima, a pre-Columbian culture, itself from a native (possibly Cariban) language.[1]
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Cali m
Proper nounEdit
Cali f
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Adelaar, W. F. H., Muysken, P. C. (2004). The Languages of the Andes. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, p. 53
Further readingEdit
- Cali on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es