Cali
See also: cali, Ca Li, Ca-li, calí, cali̱, całi, cāli, cālī, cāļi, căli, çalı, and čali-
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkæli/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -æli
Etymology 1
Clipping of California. Compare Vietnamese Ca Li.
Proper noun
Cali
- (slang) The state of California in the United States.
- 2010, “Teenage Dream”, performed by Katy Perry:
- We drove to Cali / And got drunk on the beach
- 2012, Kelli London, Cali Boys, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN, page 10:
- "Why do I have to live here?" she asked for the umpteenth time, seeing no reason for the twentyfive-hundred-mile move from New York to Cali.
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Translations
California — see California
Etymology 2
Spanish Cali, from Calima.
Proper noun
Cali
- A city in western Colombia, southwest of Bogotá.
- Synonym: Santiago de Cali
- A river in Colombia which flows by the city.
Translations
city in Colombia
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Further reading
- Cali on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Proper noun
Cali
- Archaic form of Kali (“Hindu goddess”).
Anagrams
- -ical, Alic, Cail, Laci, laic
Somali
Etymology
From Arabic عَلِي (ʿalī).
Proper noun
Cali
- a male given name: Ali
Spanish
Etymology
From Calima, a pre-Columbian culture, itself from a native (possibly Cariban) language.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkali/ [ˈka.li]
- Rhymes: -ali
- Syllabification: Ca‧li
Proper noun
Cali m
- Cali (a river in Colombia)
Proper noun
Cali f
- Cali (a city in Colombia)
Derived terms
- caleño
References
- Adelaar, W. F. H., Muysken, P. C. (2004). The Languages of the Andes. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, p. 53
Further reading
- Cali on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Vietnamese
Proper noun
Cali
- Alternative spelling of Ca Li