different between california vs boca

Latin

Noun

california

1. nominative plural of californium
2. accusative plural of californium
3. vocative plural of californium

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin bucca.

Noun

boca f

1. (anatomy) mouth

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin bucca.

Noun

boca f (plural boques)

1. (anatomy) mouth

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin bucca.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?bo.k?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?bo.ka/

Noun

boca f (plural boques)

1. (anatomy) mouth

Derived terms

Further reading

• “boca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “boca” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “boca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “boca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese boca, from Latin bucca.

Pronunciation

Noun

boca f (plural bocas)

1. mouth

Further reading

• “boca” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English voucher.

Noun

b?c?? f (plural b?c?c?, possessed form b?càr?)

1. financial voucher

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin bucca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buko/

Noun

boca f (plural bocas)

1. (anatomy) mouth

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bo?k?/

Noun

b?ca

1. genitive plural of b?c

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin buccam, singular accusative of bucca (“cheek”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bo.ka]

Noun

boca f (plural bocas)

1. mouth
   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 34r. b.

     Todos aq?llos / q? nó fincaron los ynojos / ala ydola e todas las bocas q? / la no be?aron […]

     All those who did not kneel their knees before the idol and all the mouths that did not kiss her […]

   • Idem, f. 42r. a.

     dixo el pph´a lo q? el criador pu?ie / re em mi boca e??o fablare […]

     The prophet said: "that which the creator puts in my mouth, that is what I shall speak."

Descendants

• Ladino: boka (Latin spelling)
• Spanish: boca

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese boca, from Latin bucca, of Celtic origin.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?bo.k?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?bo.k?/, [?bo.k?]

Noun

boca f (plural bocas)

1. (anatomy) mouth

2. brim (of a bottle or any other container)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:boca.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Venetian bozza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bôt?sa/
• Hyphenation: bo?ca

Noun

b?ca f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. bottle

   Synonym: flaša

2. tank (diving cylinder, gas cylinder)

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish boca, from Latin buccam, singular accusative of bucca (“cheek”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?boka/, [?bo.ka]

Noun

boca f (plural bocas)

1. (anatomy) mouth, oral cavity

   Synonyms: (colloquial) pico, (pejorative) hocico

2. entrance, opening

   Synonym: entrada
3. estuary

Derived terms

Related terms

• bucal

Further reading

• “boca” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.