NorCal
/ˈnɔrˌkal
/(also NoCal /ˈnəʊˌkal/)
noun [mass noun] US informal
Northern California: I was in NorCal last week [as modifier]: a picture-perfect NoCal evening...
- Sitting under my guidebook collection is a mass of documents that hold the missing links to NorCal climbing.
- In hindsight it may have been a mistake; we definitely could have been more productive had we spent another day in NorCal.
- Stores are pushing their spring lines when (at least for NorCal) it's too chilly and too wet to wear them.
Origin
Late 19th century (originally as Nor. Cal.): abbreviation of northern California.