Cali

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cali"

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkæli/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æli

Etymology 1

Clipping of California. Compare Vietnamese Ca Li.

Proper noun

Cali

  1. (colloquial) 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.
Derived terms
Translations
California — see California

Etymology 2

Spanish Cali, from Calima.

Proper noun

Cali

  1. A city in western Colombia, southwest of Bogotá.
    Synonym: Santiago de Cali
  2. A river in Colombia which flows by the city.
Translations

Further reading

Proper noun

Cali

  1. Archaic form of Kali (“Hindu goddess”).

Anagrams

Somali

Etymology

From Arabic عَلِي (ʕalī).

Proper noun

Cali

  1. 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

  1. Cali (a river in Colombia)

Proper noun

Cali f

  1. Cali (a city in Colombia)

Derived terms

References
  1. Adelaar, W. F. H., Muysken, P. C. (2004). The Languages of the Andes. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, p. 53

Further reading

Vietnamese

Proper noun

Cali

  1. Alternative spelling of Ca Li
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