Cali

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cali"

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Clipping of California. Compare Vietnamese Ca Li.

Proper noun

Cali

  1. (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.
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Etymology 2

From Spanish Cali, from Calima.

Proper noun

Cali

  1. A city in western Colombia, southwest of Bogotá.
    Synonym: Santiago de Cali
  2. A river in Colombia which flows by the city.
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Etymology 3

Proper noun

Cali

  1. Archaic form of Kali (“Hindu goddess”).

Anagrams

Somali

Etymology

From Arabic عَلِي (ʕalī).

Proper noun

Cali

  1. a male given name: Ali

Spanish

Etymology

From Calima, a pre-Columbian culture, itself from a native (possibly Cariban) language.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkali/
  • Rhymes: -ali
  • Syllabification: Ca‧li

Proper noun

Cali m

  1. Cali (a river in Colombia)

Proper noun

Cali f

  1. Cali (a city in Colombia)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Adelaar, W. F. H., Muysken, P. C. (2004). The Languages of the Andes. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, p. 53

Further reading

Vietnamese

Proper noun

Cali

  1. Alternative spelling of Ca Li
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