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California
a sequel to his
"Amadis de Gaula,"
and was said to have been influential among Spanish explorers of the New World. It could have led them to misidentify Baja
California
as ….reference to the native inhabitants,
Californian
is attested from 1785 as an adjective, 1789 as a noun. The element
Californium
(1950) was named in reference to University of
California
, where it was discovered. …
Patagonia
by Garci Ordóñez de Montalvo (which also might have yielded
California
).
Tahoe
Lake on the Nevada-
California
border, from Washo
/da'aw/
"lake." …
Napa
California
county noted for wines, perhaps from a Southern Patwin (Wiuntun) word meaning "homeland." …
Frisco
colloquial shortening of San
Francisco
,
California
, U.S., attested by 1856.
Baja
in place names (such as
Baja
California
), Spanish
baja
, literally "lower," either in elevation or geography.
Esalen
1966 in reference to an alternative philosophy and human potential movement, from
Esalen
Institute in Big Sur,
California
, U.S., from
Esselen
, name of an extinct Native American people of the
California
coast, for which Bright gives no etymology.
Shasta
mountain in
California
, named for local native tribe, for whose name Bright offers no etymology.
Klamath
native people of the Oregon-
California
border region, 1826, from Southern Chinookan
/tlamatl/
, literally "they of the (Klamath) river," from
/-matl/
"river." …
boysenberry (n.)
1935, developed early 1900s by
California
botanist Rudolf
Boysen
(1895-1950) and named for him.
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