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

• Usono

Derived terms

• kalifornia
• kaliforniano

See also

	Oregono
Pacifiko		Nevado   Arizono
	Meksiko