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Etymology 1

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Clipping of California. Compare Vietnamese Ca Li.

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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.
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Etymology 2

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From Spanish Cali, from Calima.

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Cali

  1. A city in western Colombia, southwest of Bogotá.
    Synonym: Santiago de Cali
  2. A river in Colombia which flows by the city.
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Etymology 3

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Proper noun

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Cali

  1. Archaic form of Kali (Hindu goddess).

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Somali

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Etymology

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From Arabic عَلِي (ʕalī).

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Cali

  1. a male given name: Ali

Spanish

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Etymology

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From Calima, a pre-Columbian culture, itself from a native (possibly Cariban) language.[1]

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkali/ [ˈka.li]
  • Rhymes: -ali
  • Syllabification: Ca‧li

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Cali m

  1. Cali (a river in Colombia)

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Cali f

  1. Cali (a city in Colombia)

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

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Vietnamese

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Cali

  1. Alternative spelling of Ca Li
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