The toponym California is currently used by three North American entities—in the United States, by the state of California; and in Mexico, by the states of Baja California ("Lower California") and Baja California Sur ("South Lower California") (collectively, these three areas constitute the region formerly referred to as Las Californias)—and shared by many other places in other parts of the world whose names derive from these.

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  • The toponym California is currently used by three North American entities—in the United States, by the state of California; and in Mexico, by the states of Baja California ("Lower California") and Baja California Sur ("South Lower California") (collectively, these three areas constitute the region formerly referred to as Las Californias)—and shared by many other places in other parts of the world whose names derive from these. Several origins have been suggested for the word "California", including Spanish, Latin, South Asian, and Aboriginal American origins. All of these are disputed. The following paragraphs illustrate some of the extant claims. California originally referred to the entire region composed of the Mexican peninsula now known as Baja California and land in the current US states of California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and Wyoming, which was eventually distinguished as Alta California. In even earlier times, the boundaries of the Sea of Cortés and the Pacific shore were only partially explored and California was shown on early maps as an island. The Sea of Cortés is also known as the Gulf of California.
  • Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo escribió en 1510 una novela de caballerías de tal nombre que fue muy popular en su época e incluso aparece citada en El Quijote. En ella se menciona una isla de fantasía llamada exactamente California y gobernada por una reina llamada Calafia. Desde entonces, esa desconocida e inabordable Isla de las Amazonas pasaría a llamarse California, con lo que es factible que ésta fuera la fuente del nombre, dada la cercanía de la publicación de la novela y su popularidad con el descubrimiento de la península de California y la primera creencia de que ésta era una isla.
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  • The toponym California is currently used by three North American entities—in the United States, by the state of California; and in Mexico, by the states of Baja California ("Lower California") and Baja California Sur ("South Lower California") (collectively, these three areas constitute the region formerly referred to as Las Californias)—and shared by many other places in other parts of the world whose names derive from these.
  • Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo escribió en 1510 una novela de caballerías de tal nombre que fue muy popular en su época e incluso aparece citada en El Quijote. En ella se menciona una isla de fantasía llamada exactamente California y gobernada por una reina llamada Calafia.
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  • Origin of the name California
  • Origen del nombre de California
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