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Noun calif. has 1 sense

caliph, calif, kaliph, kalif, khalif, khalifah - the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth; "many radical Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and people and subjugate the rest of the world"
--₁ is a kind of American state; ruler, swayer; Muslim, Moslem, Mohammedan, Muhammedan, Muhammadan, Islamist
--₁ is a part of

United States, United States of America, America, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.

--₁ has parts:

Channel Islands National Park; Kings Canyon National Park; Lassen Volcanic National Park; Redwood National Park; Sequoia National Park; Yosemite National Park; Anaheim; Bakersfield; Barstow; Berkeley; Beverly Hills; Eureka; Fresno; Long Beach; Los Angeles, City of the Angels; Monterey; Oakland; Palo Alto; Pasadena; Redding; Riverside; Sacramento, capital of California; San Bernadino; San Diego; San Francisco; San Jose; San Mateo; San Pablo; Santa Ana; Santa Barbara; Santa Clara; Santa Cruz; Big Sur; Silicon Valley; Death Valley; Mojave, Mojave Desert, Mohave, Mohave Desert; Lake Tahoe; Donner Pass; Golden Gate; Klamath, Klamath River; Monterey Bay; Russian River; Sacramento River; Salton Sea; San Andreas Fault; San Fernando Valley; San Joaquin River; San Joaquin Valley; Shasta, Mount Shasta; Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada Mountains, High Sierra

--₁ has particulars:

Colorado Desert; 1 sense of calif ; caliph, calif, kaliph, kalif, khalif, khalifah; Ali