Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cal states

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables: cal s-tates
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Used to denote multiple campuses of the California State University.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Barack Obama won the presidency, to very little notice among the seniors. This fall, all that matter to them, all they could think about, was getting into college. Most were applying to the UCs and the Cal States."
"The Cal States and community colleges (originally called junior colleges in [the Academic Master Plan]) would also focus on their realms, and yet again pursue differentiating and innovative offerings."

Usage

Informal

Questions

What does cal states mean?: Used to denote multiple campuses of the California State University.

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