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发帖数: 2005 | 1 【 以下文字转载自 Joke 讨论区 】
发信人: Huangchong (净坛使者), 信区: Joke
标 题: 加利福尼亚是哈里发尼亚？
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Jun 6 07:38:51 2018, 美东)
https://www.quora.com/Does-the-name-California-come-from-khalifah
Baja California was first named California by Hernando de Alarcón (at least
, this is the earliest record of the name being used) when he verified its
existence in 1540. He called it California after the fictional Island of
California created by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo in his romance Las Sergas
de Esplandián. This fictional island was described by de Montalvo as being
east of Asia.
In Las Sergas de Esplandián, California takes its name from its ruler,
Queen Calafia. It is widely thought that Calafia was taken from the Spanish
califa, which derived from the Latin calipha, taken from the Arabic khalīf
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