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Cali

//ˈkæli// name, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Nickname for California: a state of the United States. colloquial

    "We drove to Cali / And got drunk on the beach"

  2. 2
    A city in western Colombia, southwest of Bogotá.
  3. 3
    Archaic form of Kali (“Hindu goddess”). alt-of, archaic
  4. 4
    A river in Colombia which flows by the city.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of California. Compare Vietnamese Ca Li.

Etymology 2

From Spanish Cali, from Calima.

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