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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After that, she and her husband moved to California, where she shortened her commute drastically and was hired as a rabbinical intern at Congregation Emeth in Morgan Hill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

The San Francisco Bay Area consultant is an active member of the California Gig Workers Union, so he knows he isn’t alone.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

The service is available to people in California, Florida, New York, Texas and Washington state, where NewDays’ team of neuropsychologists are licensed to practice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Three men have been sentenced in California for an insurance scam using someone in a bear costume to stage fake attacks on luxury cars.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

They hired a PhD student from the statistics department at the University of California at Berkeley to help them, but he quit after they asked him to study the market for pork belly futures.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis