California (disambiguation)

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California can refer to many places and things. Among them include the following:

Contents 1 Places in North America 2 Places in South America, Central America and the Caribbean 3 Places in Europe 4 Astronomy 5 Names of ships 6 Flora and Fauna 7 Music 8 Personal names

[edit] Places in North America

• California, one of the 50 states of the United States.
• Baja California, one of the 31 states of Mexico. Formerly known as North Territory of Baja California.
• Baja California Sur, one of the 31 states of Mexico. Formerly known as South Territory of Baja California.
• Baja California Peninsula or Lower California peninsula, a peninsula of North America in the west of Mexico.
• Gulf of California, the body of water between Baja California Peninsula and the rest of Mexico.

Places in the state of California

• California City, California
• University of California, Berkeley - may be referred to as California or Cal, particularly in reference to its sports teams
• California Speedway in Fontana, California

Historical entities

• California Republic, a short-lived independent state founded by American rebels against Mexico in 1846
• Alta California, the northern part of the California region of New Spain and Mexico, formed as a separate territory in 1804 and acquired by the United States in 1848
• Baja California, the southern part of the California region of New Spain and Mexico, and occupied the whole Baja California peninsula, formed as a separate territory in 1804, in 1931 was split into North and South Territories.
• Las Californias, the wider region along the west coast of North America during Spanish and Mexican rule.
• Island of California, an early geographical misconception that the Baja California Peninsula was an island.
  • See also Origin of the name California.

Other U.S. locations

• California, Kentucky
• California, Louisville, a neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky
• California, Maine
• California, Maryland
• California, Michigan
• California, Missouri
• California, North Carolina
• California, Ohio
• California, Pennsylvania

Canada

• California, New Brunswick
• California, Lanark County, Ontario
• California, Leeds and Grenville County, Ontario

[edit] Places in South America, Central America and the Caribbean

• Colombia
  • California, Santander a municipality in the Santander Department
• El Salvador:
  • California, Usulután
• Trinidad and Tobago
  • California, a settlement in central Trinidad, on the Southern Main Road, immediately south of Couva and Point Lisas

[edit] Places in Europe

• Germany:
  • Kalifornien, a district of Schönberg (Holstein)
• Italy:
  • California, Lecco, Lombardy
  • California, Castelfranco Emilia, Emilia Romagna
  • La California a village in the municipality of Bibbona in Tuscany
• The Netherlands:
  • Californië a tiny settlement in Gelderland
  • Californië a tiny settlement in Limburg
• United Kingdom:
  • California, Berkshire
  • California, Buckinghamshire
  • California, Derby
  • California, Falkirk
  • California, Norfolk
  • California, Suffolk, a suburb of Ipswich

[edit] Astronomy

• 341 California, an asteroid
• California Nebula (NGC 1499), an emission nebula in the constellation Perseus

[edit] Names of ships

• T.S.S. California
• USS California
• California (Dutch Ship)

[edit] Flora and Fauna

• California poppy, the California state flower
• California quail, the California state bird
• California spiny lobster, a spiny lobster that lives off the coast of the Mexican and the U.S. states
• California condor, a bird of prey
• California Sea Lion, a coastal sea lion.
• California yellowjacket (Vespula sulphurea), a yellowjacket

[edit] Music

• California (American Music Club album), 1988 album by American Music Club
• California (Mr. Bungle album), a 1999 album by Mr. Bungle
• "California" (Belinda Carlisle song), a song by Belinda Carlisle from her 1996 album A Woman and a Man
• "California" (song), a song by Phantom Planet from their 2002 album The Guest
• California (band), pop group featuring Les Fradkin which recorded for Laurie Records between 1973 and 1985.

See also List of songs about California

[edit] Personal names

• California Molefe, a Botswanan sprinter runner
• Randy California (born Randy Craig Wolfe), one of the original members of the rock group Spirit