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The name California comes from the 16th Century Spanish novel. Queen Califia was ruler of this place. When the Spanish first came, they thought California was an island like in their novel. The actual word California means "hot oven".

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Our state's nickname is the Golden State. It is a good nickname because our state is covered with golden poppies. Our state also has plenty of golden sunshine.

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The state motto is Eureka. Eureka means "I have found it!" in Greek. We have this motto because when the gold rush started miners would say "Eureka" since their happy that they found gold!

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The California flag has a red star in the top corner. There is a grizzly bear in the middle, on the bottom. The grizzly bear stands for "great strength" and the star was taken from the Texas Lone Star. It was made in June 14,1846 during the Bear Flag Revolt.

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Our state seal has a grizzly bear on the bottom left, which is our state animal, it has vineyards to represent our economy, the Roman goddess Minerva who represents wisdom, the 31 stars which represents the 31th state, it includes 5 ships in the background, you can see the Serra Nevada mountain range, and a miner who represents the gold rush.

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Our state bird is the California Valley Quail. It became our state bird is plump and grey/white with some black and brown with a plume on it's head. An interesting fact about the quail is it's very smart bird.

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Our state flower is the golden poppy. It's a yellowish, gold, orange color. It has 4 silky petals. It's cup shaped. The golden poppy became our state flower in 1903.