Kalifornien
Danish
editProper noun
editKalifornien (genitive Kaliforniens)
- Alternative form of Californien
German
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editKalifornien n (proper noun, genitive Kaliforniens or (optionally with an article) Kalifornien)
- California (a state of the United States)
Usage notes
edit- While other German names for US states are either archaic (like Pennsylvanien) or used alongside the English form (like Norddakota), the state of California is still exclusively referred to as Kalifornien.
Derived terms
editSwedish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English California, from Spanish California.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editKalifornien n (genitive Kaliforniens)
- California (a state of the United States)
Usage notes
editThe only American state to have a different name in Swedish.
References
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- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- German 4-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:California, USA
- de:States of the United States
- de:Places in the United States
- German exonyms
- Swedish terms borrowed from English
- Swedish terms derived from English
- Swedish terms derived from Spanish
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:California, USA
- sv:States of the United States
- sv:Places in the United States