Californian
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- adjective
- /ˌkælɪˈfɔrnjən/
- The Californian landscape is filled with beautiful beaches and mountains.
- Californian salt marsh
- southern Californian
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Examples
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Wonderful place, truly just the pinnacle of Californian society.
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It's pure Californian sunshine.
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Whereas being a native Southern Californian, it was just a a normal Tuesday afternoon for me.
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These Californian wines... are all... so good.
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Only it was autumn, and we were in a tiny Californian coastal town.
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Some have argued that it was a uniquely Californian idea.
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For example, native Californian Tiger Woods changed his state of legal residence.
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The Californian salt marsh plain is a model system for exploring the importance of diversity to restoration.
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Meanwhile, environmentalists across the nation will follow election results to see whether Californian voters approve the initiative called "Big Green" in November.
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"At a time when tennis prodigies seem to be surfacing every week, the latest hot prospect is Californian Venus Williams."
Surface Forms
Morphology
Californian = California (transparent) = California + ian
Formed productively from the place name 'California' plus the adjectival suffix '-ian', so the relation to California is straightforward.
Etymology
Californian is made from the place name California and the ending -an, which means 'from' or 'relating to', as in American. That's why 'Californian' describes things that come from or belong to California, like its weather, food, or style.