Etymology

Californio

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Today it means: A Spanish-speaking Roman Catholic Californian living in California before the Mexican–American War. Full definition →

Spanish californio
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromcalifornio“Californian”
  2. English todayCalifornio

Historic and regional Spanish californio (“Californian”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.