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Cal

Cal

27 6.4
A short name for the University of California, Berkeley or its sports teams
  • noun
  • /kæl/
  • Informal
: Cal
  • And then they threw me in a Cal class in my first semester.
  • programs at Cal
  • Cal Club

I'm quite sad that Constantine is at Cal because he should be at Stanford.

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Examples

Surface Forms

Cal singular
Cals plural

Etymology

Cal is the everyday 'short' name for California and for the University of California, Berkeley. It comes from using the first part of the state's name, so calling the school or its teams Cal is a quick, friendly way to say the full name.