Californio
See also: californio and califórnio
English
Etymology
Historic and regional Spanish californio (“Californian”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkælɪˈfɔː(ɹ)ni.oʊ/
Noun
Californio (plural Californios)
- (historical) A Spanish-speaking Roman Catholic Californian living in California before the Mexican-American War.
- 2015, Blake Allmendinger, editor, A History of California Literature, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 47:
- Jackson drew her setting and story in part from interviews with Antonio Coronel, a prominent Californio politician and rancher who contributed his own testimonial to Bancroft's research project.
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Further reading
Californios on Wikipedia.Wikipedia