cal
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9.1
- noun
- /kæl/
- Informal
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California
- The two main higher education institutions in California are the University of California and the Cal State systems.
- Cal State Fullerton
- Cal State
- Medi-Cal
So I, I graduated from Cal State San Marcos with a bachelor's in business management.
- So I, I graduated from Cal State San Marcos with a bachelor's in business management.
- Like he was like gang member, like straight, like Cal, you know, like that Cali, that Cali penitentiary life with some crazy shit too.
Examples
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Cal Fire has reported 20 wild fires this year.
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So I, I graduated from Cal State San Marcos with a bachelor's in business management.
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It's built by students down at the Cal State Long Beach.
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You went to Cal State.
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Just look at how many times Cal has switched leagues over the last few years.
Blog text (17) -
Southern Cal celebrates the quality of its freshman class.
Academic text (2017) -
But next year, it'll be you and me reunited at Cal State Dominguez Hills.
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The people in Cal didn't need help dealing with the wildfires that leveled hundreds of homes.
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I'm calling from the Zeta Theta Theta house at Cal West LA.
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Many students from Cal are excited to attend the annual beach cleanup event this weekend.
Synonyms
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A large state in the western United States on the Pacific coast known for beaches and frequent earthquakes
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A state in the western United States on the Pacific coast
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A popular nickname for the state of California from the Gold Rush
A state in the United States on the west coast called California
A joking name for California about its farms and unusual people
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cal is a casual short form of California, a name that, one popular story says, came from a Spanish tale about a 'rich island', so people use cal when they mean the sunny US state.