Cali
See also: Appendix:Variations of "cali"
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Clipping of California. Compare Vietnamese Ca Li.
Proper noun edit
Cali
- (colloquial) 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.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
California — see California
Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
Cali
- A city in western Colombia, southwest of Bogotá.
- Synonym: Santiago de Cali
- A river in Colombia which flows by the city.
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Etymology 3 edit
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Cali
Anagrams edit
Somali edit
Etymology edit
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Cali
- a male given name: Ali
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Calima, a pre-Columbian culture, itself from a native (possibly Cariban) language.[1]
Pronunciation edit
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Cali m
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Cali f
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References edit
- ^ Adelaar, W. F. H., Muysken, P. C. (2004). The Languages of the Andes. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, p. 53
Further reading edit
- Cali on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Vietnamese edit
Proper noun edit
Cali
- Alternative spelling of Ca Li