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Wiktionary

  1. Calnoun

    A short form of the male given names Caleb, Calum or Calvin.

  2. Calnoun

    A diminutive of the female given name Caroline.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Calnoun

    wolfram, an ore of tungsten

Wikidata

  1. Cal

    Cal is a 1984 Irish drama film directed by Pat O'Connor and starring John Lynch and Helen Mirren. Based on the novella Cal written by Bernard MacLaverty who also wrote the script, the film was entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival, where Helen Mirren won the award for Best Actress.

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    Song lyrics by cal -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by cal on the Lyrics.com website.

  2. CAL

    What does CAL stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the CAL acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. CAL

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cal is ranked #35489 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Cal surname appeared 634 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Cal.

    31.5% or 200 total occurrences were Black.
    29.1% or 185 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    24.2% or 154 total occurrences were White.
    11.5% or 73 total occurrences were Asian.

Anagrams for cal »

  1. ACL

  2. lac

  3. LCA

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cal in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of cal in a Sentence

  1. Deputy District Attorney Christopher Peuvrelle:

    In 1995, Stan and Denise Smart sent their oldest daughter Kristin to Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, during her freshman year they looked forward every Sunday to a phone call from her — it was their ritual.

  2. Scott McLean:

    There’s a long road ahead of us. The fires we’ve dealt with recently -- like Cal Fire -- are all indicators of what we’re having to deal with in California for the next few years, rains are not a cure all with one winter -- it will take several years of winters to get moisture back into plants and reservoirs.

  3. David Peterson:

    We’re not dealing much with forest in Southern California, we’re dealing more with chaparral -- and that gets even hotter than a forest fire, there’s a long road ahead of us. The fires we’ve dealt with recently -- like Cal Fire -- are all indicators of what we’re having to deal with in California for the next few years.

  4. Richard Lawhead:

    Cal State San Bernardino had a couple incidents recently, including an attempted kidnapping.

  5. John Beilein:

    Lindsay truly values and embraces player development and a culture of winning basketball habits, her success at Cal Berkeley speaks for itself and her insight in our meetings, practices and games will hold tremendous value. After sitting with her, it was easy to see how she will connect quickly with our staff and our players, and we all benefit because of that connection.

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