ProbableNamed from the place
California king
noun · first attested 20th century
A California king is narrower than an ordinary king, not bigger.
A mattress size four inches narrower and four inches longer than a standard king.
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- 20th century
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- noun
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California king
The size is generally traced to Los Angeles mattress makers in the 1960s, who built extra-long beds for large houses and let the trade name follow. No single inventor is documented, and the dimensions were only pinned down later by the industry.
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