calif.

Questions about calif.

What does calif. mean?

calif. means "a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes".

How many syllables are in calif.?

calif. has 2 syllables and divides as ca-lif. under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for calif.?

Close synonyms include California, Golden State, CA. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is calif. a common word?

calif. is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.