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**Nouva California, Ardea, Rome  
**Nouva California, Ardea, Rome  
**California, Gosaldo, locality in the province of Belluno
**California, Gosaldo, locality in the province of Belluno
*[[Portal:Netherland|The Netherlands]]:  
*[[Portal:Nederland (the Netherlands)|The Netherlands]]:  
**Californië (Gelderland), a tiny settlement  
**Californië (Gelderland), a tiny settlement  
**Californië (Limburg), a tiny settlement
**Californië (Limburg), a tiny settlement
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**California, [[Buckinghamshire|Buckinghamshire]]  
**California, [[Buckinghamshire|Buckinghamshire]]  
**California, [[Derbyshire|Derby]]  
**California, [[Derbyshire|Derby]]  
**California, [[Falkirk|Falkirk]], see [[List of census localities in Scotland|List of census localities in Scotland]]  
**California, [[Falkirk|Falkirk]], see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_census_localities_in_Scotland List of census localities in Scotland]  
**California, [[Norfolk|Norfolk]], a seaside resort near Ormesby St. Margaret with Scratby  
**California, [[Norfolk|Norfolk]], a seaside resort near Ormesby St. Margaret with Scratby  
**California, [[Suffolk|Suffolk]], a suburb of Ipswich
**California, [[Suffolk|Suffolk]], a suburb of Ipswich

Revision as of 15:27, 2 May 2009

California may refer to:

California, a western U.S. state. It may also refer to:

North America[edit | edit source]

United States
  • California City, Kern, California
  • California, Campbell, Kentucky
  • California, Louisville, a neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky
  • California, Maine
  • California, St. Mary's, Maryland
  • California, Branch, Michigan
  • California, Moniteau, Missouri
  • California, Dare, North Carolina
  • California, Hamilton, Ohio
  • California, Bucks, Pennsylvania
Canada
  • California, New Brunswick
    • Lower California (New Brunswick)
  • California, Lanark County, Ontario
  • California, Leeds and Grenville County, Ontario
  • New California, Ontario
Mexico
  • 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, also called Sea of Cortez.
Central America
Caribbean

South America[edit | edit source]

  • Califórnia, a municipality in Paraná, Brazil
  • California, Santander, a municipality in the Santander Department, Colombia

Europe[edit | edit source]

  • Italy:
    • California, Lecco, Lombardy
    • Campofiorenzo-California, Lecco, Lombardy
    • California, Castelfranco Emilia, Emilia Romagna, Modena
    • La California, a village in the municipality of Bibbona in Tuscany, province of Livorno
    • California, Lesmo, Milan
    • Nouva California, Ardea, Rome
    • California, Gosaldo, locality in the province of Belluno
  • The Netherlands:
    • Californië (Gelderland), a tiny settlement
    • Californië (Limburg), a tiny settlement
  • United Kingdom:

Historical Places[edit | edit source]

  • 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 (territory), the southern part of the California region of New Spain and Mexico, formed as a separate territory in 1804. In 1930 the territory was separated 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.