Californian

See also: californian

English

Etymology

From California +‎ -an.

Adjective

Californian (comparative more Californian, superlative most Californian)

1. Of or relating to California.
   • 1911 February, William M. Mann, “Notes on the guests of somee Californian ants”, in Psyche, volume 18, page 28:

     The Californian ant-cricket, Myrmecophila formicarum Scudder occurs in practically every nest.

Derived terms

• Californian anchovy
• Californian stop
• Californian white sage

 

Translations

of or relating to California

• Belarusian: каліфарні́йскі (kalifarníjski)
• Catalan: californià (ca)
• Czech: kalifornský (cs)
• Danish: californisk
• Dutch: Californisch (nl)
• Esperanto: kalifornia
• Finnish: kalifornialainen (fi)
• French: californien (fr)
• Galician: californiano
• Georgian: კალიფორნიული (ḳaliporniuli), კალიფორნიის (ḳaliporniis)
• German: kalifornisch (de)
• Greek: καλιφορνέζικος (el) (kalifornézikos)
• Hungarian: kaliforniai (hu)
• Italian: californiano (it)
• Latin: californicus
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: californisk

  Nynorsk: californisk

• Persian: کالیفرنیایی
• Polish: kalifornijski (pl)
• Portuguese: californiano (pt)
• Romanian: californian (ro)
• Russian: калифорни́йский (ru) (kaliforníjskij)
• Spanish: californiano (es)
• Swedish: kalifornisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: каліфорні́йський (kaliforníjsʹkyj)

Noun

Californian (plural Californians)

1. A native or resident of the state of California in the United States of America.
   • 2015 November 9, “Why The Electoral College Ruins Democracy” (00:02:13 from the start), in Adam Ruins Everything‎^[1] (television production), spoken by himself (Adam Conover), truTV, via truTV:

     And almost five million Californians voted Republican.

   • 2020 March 5, Sophie-Claire Hoeller, “I spent 3 days in Bozeman, Montana, aka 'Boz Angeles.' Here's what surprised me most about one of the fastest-growing cities in the US.”, in Insider‎^[2]:

     In fact, it's often somewhat disparagingly called "Boz Angeles" for the many Californians and celebrities that have come to town, as well as its perceived "fanciness" in relation to the rest of the state.

Hypernyms

• American

Translations

an inhabitant of California

• Belarusian: каліфарні́ец m (kalifarníjec), каліфарні́йка f (kalifarníjka)
• Catalan: californià (ca) m, californiana (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 加州人 (Jiāzhōurén)

• Czech: Kaliforňan (cs) m, Kaliforňanka (cs) f
• Danish: californier
• Dutch: Californiër (nl)
• Esperanto: kaliforniano
• Finnish: kalifornialainen (fi)
• French: Californien (fr) m, Californienne (fr) f
• Galician: californiano m
• Georgian: კალიფორნიელი (ḳalipornieli)
• German: Kalifornier (de) m, Kalifornierin (de) f
• Greek: Καλιφορνέζος (el) m (Kalifornézos), Καλιφορνέζα (el) f (Kalifornéza)
• Italian: californiano (it) m, californiana f
• Japanese: カリフォルニア州人 (Kariforunia-shū hito), カリフォルニア人 (Kariforunia-hito)
• Polish: Kalifornijczyk (pl) m, Kalifornijka (pl) f
• Portuguese: californiano (pt) m, californiana f
• Romanian: californian (ro) m, californiană f
• Russian: калифорни́ец (ru) m (kaliforníjec), калифорни́йка (ru) f (kaliforníjka)
• Spanish: californiano (es) m, californiana (es) f
• Swedish: kalifornier (sv) c
• Ukrainian: каліфорні́єць m (kaliforníjecʹ), каліфорні́йка f (kaliforníjka)

See also

• Californio

Anagrams

• African lion