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How did California get the name California?

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If you check out the sign language for California (which has universal meaning across most languages), California's sign is simply

Cali - "Coastal"
Fornia - "Play"

I am sure this is Spanish influence, as you will see with most of the local names within California. (Los Angeles, San Diego, Palomar, etc...)

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