And Khalifa (خليفة) in the Arabic language literally means successor/inheritor (aside from the religious connotations), so there is some trivia for the day.
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psoul@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoTechnically, Caliphate. Califia was the queen of the made up kingdom of California in a 16th century novel.
The name of Calafia was likely formed from the Arabic word khalifa (religious state leader) that is known as caliph in English and califa in Spanish.
voodooattack@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
ICastFist@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
Is Mia Khalifa from California?
Tryenjer@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
If Trump continues like this, California may try to gain independence and become the successors of the USA. LoL
tetris11@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
That’s the dumbest and most beautiful premise for naming a place that I’ve seen