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Old 05-22-2003, 05:12 PM
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Originally posted by dadaist
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California comes from a Spanish term for "Earthly paradise"

(that was before all the smog in LA I would imagine )


Possibly as a reference to a book.

From Merriam-Webster:

Main Entry: cal·i·for·nia

Pronunciation: |kal|frny, -()n-, -n
Function: adjective
Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: from California, state in the western U.S., from Spanish, probably from the name of an island in the romance Las Sergas de Esplandian (1510), by García Ordóñez de Montalvo, 15th century Spanish writer

: of or from the state of California : of the kind or style prevalent in California : CALIFORNIAN <California weather>

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