Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or belonging to California, one of the Pacific States of the United States: as, Californian gold.
- noun A native or an inhabitant of California.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to California.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An inhabitant of
California . - adjective Of or relating to California.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of California or its inhabitants
- noun a native or resident of California
Etymologies
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Examples
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It was a devastating political blow for Whitman, the former chief executive of eBay, who spent an astonishing $160m (£100m) on her campaign, making it the most expensive governor's race in Californian history.
California election result: Jerry Brown triumphs over Meg Whitman's millions California Paul Harris in Oakland 2010
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Despite the fact that marijuana arrests have tripled in Californian in the last 20 years, marijuana remains widely available to young people.
Gretchen Burns Bergman: Restoration Not Retribution Gretchen Burns Bergman 2010
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The Daily Californian is live-blogging the day's events here.
UC Day Of Action: Thousands Protest Across State Leah Finnegan 2010
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The Daily Californian is live-blogging the day's events here.
UC Day Of Action: Thousands Protest Across State The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Despite the fact that marijuana arrests have tripled in Californian in the last 20 years, marijuana remains widely available to young people.
Gretchen Burns Bergman: Restoration Not Retribution Gretchen Burns Bergman 2010
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In a short and apparently off-the-cuff acceptance speech Brown vowed to try and forge a consensus in Californian politics despite an unusually bitter and negative campaign against Whitman.
California election result: Jerry Brown triumphs over Meg Whitman's millions California Paul Harris in Oakland 2010
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Yes, one of the most damaging in Southern Californian history.
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The time is here for use here in Californian to vote Miss Feinstein out.
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The spirited "Sex on Tuesday," in Berkeley's Daily Californian, is credited with being one of the first collegiate sex columns (it made its debut in 1997), and it remains, in style and substance, typical of the genre.
You Are Not Alone 2005
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The spirited "Sex on Tuesday," in Berkeley's Daily Californian, is credited with being one of the first collegiate sex columns (it made its debut in 1997), and it remains, in style and substance, typical of the genre.
You Are Not Alone 2005
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