Californiana

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noun

Items, especially collectibles, associated with the state of California.

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Meanings

nounCaliforniana pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyItems, especially collectibles, associated with the state of California.

    Across the street, at 50 Maiden Lane, is Sergio Old Prints (40), which offers an excellent selection of old San Francisco prints and other Californiana.

    1981, Gene Anthony, Jill Losson, The great cable car adventure book: a California guide, page 22
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    Other Californiana and Americana includes some grand costumes of the early days given by the Ladies' Museum Society (a kind of feminine auxiliary to the gallery) […]

    1941, Magazine of Art, volume 34, page 316

Origin

From California + -ana.

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APA

Californiana. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Californiana

MLA

“Californiana.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Californiana. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Californiana,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Californiana.

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