adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to California.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Californian
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A native or resident of the state of California in the United States of America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
of or relating to or characteristic of California or its inhabitants
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Californian beaches
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a native or resident of California
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: American
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English California Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Californian From California + -an.
Across languages
Translations
63 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: каліфарні́йскі (kalifarníjski) — of or relating to California
- Catalan: californià — of or relating to California
- Czech: kalifornský — of or relating to California
- Danish: californisk — of or relating to California
- Dutch: Californisch — of or relating to California
- Esperanto: kalifornia — of or relating to California
- Finnish: kalifornialainen — of or relating to California
- French: californien — of or relating to California
- Galician: californiano — of or relating to California
- Georgian: კალიფორნიული (ḳaliporniuli) — of or relating to California
- Georgian: კალიფორნიის (ḳaliporniis) — of or relating to California
- German: kalifornisch — of or relating to California
- Greek: καλιφορνέζικος (kalifornézikos) — of or relating to California
- Hungarian: kaliforniai — of or relating to California
- Italian: californiano — of or relating to California
- Latin: californicus — of or relating to California
- Norwegian Bokmål: californisk — of or relating to California
- Norwegian Nynorsk: californisk — of or relating to California
- Persian: کالیفرنیایی — of or relating to California
- Polish: kalifornijski — of or relating to California
- Portuguese: californiano — of or relating to California
- Romanian: californian — of or relating to California
- Russian: калифорни́йский (kaliforníjskij) — of or relating to California
- Spanish: californiano — of or relating to California
- Swedish: kalifornisk — of or relating to California
- Ukrainian: каліфорні́йський (kaliforníjsʹkyj) — of or relating to California
- Belarusian: каліфарні́ец (kalifarníjec) — an inhabitant of California
- Belarusian: каліфарні́йка (kalifarníjka) — an inhabitant of California
- Bengali: ক্যালিফোর্নিয়াবাসী (kêliphōrniẏabaśi) — an inhabitant of California
- Catalan: californià — an inhabitant of California
- Catalan: californiana — an inhabitant of California
- Chinese Mandarin: 加州人 (Jiāzhōurén) — an inhabitant of California
- Czech: Kaliforňan — an inhabitant of California
- Czech: Kaliforňanka — an inhabitant of California
- Danish: californier — an inhabitant of California
- Dutch: Californiër — an inhabitant of California
- Esperanto: kaliforniano — an inhabitant of California
- Finnish: kalifornialainen — an inhabitant of California
- French: Californien — an inhabitant of California
- French: Californienne — an inhabitant of California
- Galician: californiano — an inhabitant of California
- Georgian: კალიფორნიელი (ḳalipornieli) — an inhabitant of California
- German: Kalifornier — an inhabitant of California
- German: Kalifornierin — an inhabitant of California
- Greek: Καλιφορνέζος (Kalifornézos) — an inhabitant of California
- Greek: Καλιφορνέζα (Kalifornéza) — an inhabitant of California
- Italian: californiano — an inhabitant of California
- Italian: californiana — an inhabitant of California
- Japanese: カリフォルニア州人 (Kariforunia-shū hito) — an inhabitant of California
- Japanese: カリフォルニア人 (Kariforunia-hito) — an inhabitant of California
- Polish: Kalifornijczyk — an inhabitant of California
- Polish: Kalifornijka — an inhabitant of California
- Portuguese: californiano — an inhabitant of California
- Portuguese: californiana — an inhabitant of California
- Romanian: californian — an inhabitant of California
- Romanian: californiană — an inhabitant of California
- Russian: калифорни́ец (kaliforníjec) — an inhabitant of California
- Russian: калифорни́йка (kaliforníjka) — an inhabitant of California
- Spanish: californiano — an inhabitant of California
- Spanish: californiana — an inhabitant of California
- Swedish: kalifornier — an inhabitant of California
- Ukrainian: каліфорні́єць (kaliforníjecʹ) — an inhabitant of California
- Ukrainian: каліфорні́йка (kaliforníjka) — an inhabitant of California
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