CALIFORNIA: From Latin 'calor', Meaning "heat" (as In English 'calorie' Or Spanish 'caliente')

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CALIFORNIA: From Latin 'calor', meaning "heat" (as in English
'calorie' or Spanish 'caliente'); and 'fornia', for "sexual
intercourse" or "fornication." Hence: Tierra de California, "the land
of hot sex."
-- Ed Moran, Covina, California

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