Comment

Comment on Now that's an interesting question

Technically, 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.

source

Sort:hotnew top

voodooattack@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
And Khalifa (خليفة) in the Arabic language literally means successor/inheritor (aside from the religious connotations), so there is some trivia for the day.

source
- ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Is Mia Khalifa from California?
  
  source
- Tryenjer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  If Trump continues like this, California may try to gain independence and become the successors of the USA. LoL
  
  source
tetris11@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
That’s the dumbest and most beautiful premise for naming a place that I’ve seen

source