Californiaとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Probably Spanish after California, a Utopian island of the Amazons described in Las Sergas de Esplandián, a 16th-century Spanish novel. The name comes from the fictional island's Muslim-allied queen, Calafia, whose name is a play on the word caliph.

発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˌkæl.ɪ.ˈfɔɹ.njə/, /ˌkæl.ɪ.ˈfɔɹ.ni.ə/
• 韻: -ɔː(r)niə
• ハイフネーション: Cal‧i‧for‧nia

固有名詞

California

1. The most populous state of the United States. Capital: Sacramento. Largest city: Los Angeles.

   Synonyms: CA (abbreviation), Cali (スラング), Commiefornia (derogatory)

2. A locale in the United States.
   1. A census-designated place in Maryland.
   2. A borough of Pennsylvania.
   3. A city in Missouri.
   4. A neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
   5. A city in Campbell County, Kentucky.
   6. A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
   7. A village in Maine.
   8. A ghost town in West Virginia.
3. A locale in England.
   1. A village in Berkshire.
   2. A neighbourhood in the Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP0182).
   3. A hamlet in Buckinghamshire.
   4. An area in Derby.
   5. A district of Ipswich.
   6. A village in Norfolk.
4. A community in Ontario, Canada.
5. A town in Santander department, Colombia.
6. A town in Usulután department, El Salvador.
7. A neighborhood of Casablanca, Morocco.
8. A village in Bohol, Philippines.
9. A village in Stirlingshire, Scotland.
10. A town in Trinidad and Tobago.
11. University of California, Berkeley.

派生語

参考

• Appendix:Place names in California

Further reading

• California on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• Fornicalia

Latin

語源

Neo-Latin. From Spanish California

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ka.liˈfor.ni.a/, [ka.lʲɪˈfɔr.n̪i.a]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.liˈfor.ni.a/, [ka.liˈfɔr.ni.a]

固有名詞

California f sg (genitive Californiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) California

   California regiō magna est. ― California is a big region.

語形変化

First-declension noun, singular only.

派生語

• californiānus
• californicus