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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For California, the economic pain of the Iran war will last well beyond the arrival of the next tankers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

NASA's Curiosity rover was developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is managed by Caltech in Pasadena, California.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

The critiques irked Pelosi, a powerful force in California politics.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

This gap between health-related and other parts of the economy proved greater in California than in any other U.S. state, according to EIG.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

But when she came back to the California Institute of Technology in early May and heard what was happening at Mount St. Helens, she knew she had to get up to the volcano.

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