Californio

See also: californio and califórnio

English

Etymology

Historic and regional Spanish californio (“Californian”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkælɪˈfɔː(ɹ)ni.oʊ/

Noun

Californio (plural Californios)

1. (historical) A Spanish-speaking Roman Catholic Californian living in California before the Mexican-American War.
   • 2015, Blake Allmendinger, editor, A History of California Literature, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 47:

     Jackson drew her setting and story in part from interviews with Antonio Coronel, a prominent Californio politician and rancher who contributed his own testimonial to Bancroft's research project.

Further reading

• Californios on Wikipedia.Wikipedia