Given name & surname · also Tagalog

Calica

“limestone”

Calica is a surname from Tagalog, ultimately from Spanish.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Calica goes back to Spanish caliza, meaning “limestone.”

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Where it comes from

Calica comes from Tagalog, and ultimately from Spanish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Tagalog Calica, from Spanish caliza (“limestone”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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