<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a state in the western United States, on the Pacific coast.</li><li>158,693 square miles (411,015 square kilometers).</li><li>Sacramento.</li><li>CA (for use with zip code), Cal., Calif.</li><li>Gulf of California, an arm of the Pacific Ocean, extending northwest between the coast of western Mexico and the peninsula of Baja California.</li><li>About 750 miles (1,207 kilometers) long; 62,600 square miles (162,100 square kilometers).</li></ul>