noun
a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes
• Syn: ↑California, ↑CA, ↑Calif.
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Californian (for: ↑California)
• Members of this Region: ↑Achomawi
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑American state
• Part Holonyms:
↑United States, ↑United States of America, ↑America, ↑the States, ↑US, ↑U.S., ↑USA, ↑U.S.A., ↑Southwest, ↑southwestern United States
• Part Meronyms:
↑Channel Islands National Park, ↑Kings Canyon National Park, ↑Lassen Volcanic National Park, ↑Redwood National Park, ↑Sequoia National Park, ↑Yosemite National Park, ↑Anaheim, ↑Bakersfield, ↑Barstow, ↑Berkeley, ↑Beverly Hills, ↑Chula Vista, ↑Eureka, ↑Fresno, ↑Long Beach, ↑Los Angeles, ↑City of the Angels, ↑Monterey, ↑Oakland, ↑Palo Alto, ↑Pasadena, ↑Redding, ↑Riverside, ↑Sacramento, ↑capital of California, ↑San Bernardino, ↑San Diego, ↑San Francisco, ↑San Jose, ↑San Mateo, ↑San Pablo, ↑Santa Ana, ↑Santa Barbara, ↑Santa Clara, ↑Santa Cruz, ↑Big Sur, ↑Silicon Valley, ↑Colorado Desert, ↑Death Valley, ↑Mojave, ↑Mojave Desert, ↑Mohave, ↑Mohave Desert, ↑Lake Tahoe, ↑Donner Pass, ↑Golden Gate, ↑Klamath, ↑Klamath River, ↑Monterey Bay, ↑Russian River, ↑Sacramento River, ↑Salton Sea, ↑San Andreas Fault, ↑San Fernando Valley, ↑San Joaquin River, ↑San Joaquin Valley, ↑Shasta, ↑Mount Shasta, ↑Sierra Nevada, ↑Sierra Nevada Mountains, ↑High Sierra
Useful english dictionary. 2012.