California, n.: 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

California, n.:

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



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