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| | California - USA State World History of India, California - USA State, California, include LOS ANGELES, a major center ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | California, a state of the far-western United States, is widely known for its great natural beauty, its highly productive farms and factories, and its innovative social and political ideas. |
 | | California is bordered by Oregon on the north, by Nevada and Arizona on the east, by Mexico on the south, and by the Pacific Ocean on the west. |
 | | The state is named after a fictional island of great wealth described in a novel (published about 1500) by the Spanish writer Garci Ordonez de Montalvo; the name was probably first applied (early 16th century) to the southern tip of Baja California by the Spanish explorer Hernan Cortes. |
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