Califia (or Calafia) is the name of a legendary Black Amazon warrior queen. The legend of Queen Califia appears to date back to the novel Las Sergas de Esplandian (The Adventures of Esplandian), written around 1510 by the Spanish writer Garcia Ordonez de Montalvo .
The U.S. state of California is named for her. The writer Patrick Califia also adopted her name as his surname.
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