The state of California was given its current name by Spanish - TopicsExpress



          

The state of California was given its current name by Spanish explorers in the 1500s. They were familiar with a novel written in 1510 by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo in which the main character was a queen called Calafia. He adapted her name from the title khalifah (califa in Spanish) since in the novel she joins forces with a Muslim army. When Spanish explorers sailed to the west coast of North America, they named the land California, since it was reminiscent of the land that Queen Calafia ruled over.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 23:48:26 +0000

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