California

[kal-uh-fawrn-yuh, -fawr-nee-uh] / ˌkæl əˈfɔrn yə, -ˈfɔr ni ə /

NOUN

u.s. state

Synonyms

WEAK

Bear Flag State Cal El Dorado Gold Coast Gold Rush State Golden Bear State Golden Poppy State Golden State La La Land Sunkist State

Example Sentences

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Then in December 2024, one day before the California Coastal Commission gave its own blessing to the project, the city’s Board of Transportation Commissioners voted to deny transferring the city-owned parking lot to the developers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Jesse Salinas, the voter registrar, assessor, and clerk-recorder of California’s Yolo County who serves as president of the California Association of Clerks and Election Officials, said there is a tradeoff between speed and security.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Los Angeles architecture firm SPF:architects has designed two proposed residential projects in Southern California that will be unveiled when the new law goes into effect July 1, said Renzo Pali, director of operations.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

For their part, multiple California officials said — again — that the state’s long counting time doesn’t mean anything is wrong.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

The scientists who had come in from California and Hawaii weren’t as familiar with the mountain as Crandell and Mullineaux; they didn’t realize with their naked eyes how dramatically Mount St. Helens had changed.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone