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单词 californian
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Californianadj.n.

/kalɪˈfɔːnɪən/
Etymology: < California n.
A. adj.
Of or belonging to, native or peculiar to, California; esp. in the names of species of birds, beasts, and plants.
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the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [adjective] > characteristic of particular region or period
southerneOE
African1578
Asiatic1670
American1678
Creole1758
Californian1785
subalpine1808
Antarctic1835
Adelaidean1847
Arctic1876
Atlantic1876
gerontogeous1880
Cenomanian1902
Lusitanian1907
pantropic1911
pantropical1913
native1920
the world > life > biology > balance of nature > distribution > [adjective] > plants or animals of a particular region > from specified region
EnglisheOE
Arabian1580
Scotch1610
West Indian1625
Scots1728
Creole1758
Californian1785
Nubian1790
Lusitanian1907
pantropical1913
1785 M. Cutler in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 400 The Spaniards are said to have procured from the Californian Indians, the art of dyeing the best black.
1801 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds Suppl. II. 281 Californian Quail.
1839 A. Forbes California 192 Many of the [Indian] baskets are ornamented with..the black crest feathers of the Californian partridge.
1839 A. Forbes California 251 The wheels of the Californian ox-cart..are of a most singular construction.
1841 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants: Suppl. 1218 Eschscholtzia californica Californian Eschscholtzia.
1845 J. C. Frémont Rep. Exploring Exped. Rocky Mts. 245 Some of the banks being absolutely golden with the Californian poppy, (eschscholtzia crocea).
1846 E. Bryant What I saw in Calif. (1849) x. 121 Some four or five hundred Californian horses, which he intends to dispose of in the United States.
1846 E. Bryant What I saw in Calif. xxiv. 267 I tasted here, for the first time, aguardiénte, or brandy distilled from the Californian grape.
a1861 T. Winthrop John Brent (1862) iii. 31 ‘Mucho malicho!’ cried Gerrian to Jose, not knowing that his Californian Spanish was interpreting Hamlet.
1869 Amer. Naturalist 3 477 My inquiries about the Californian opossum found along the Mexican boundary did not indicate its existence in this valley.
1873 Amer. Naturalist 7 327 Next, we have the Californian Mocking-Thrush (Harporhynchus redivivus).
1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 634 Californian Gull.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters i. iii. 34 I was interested in Californian wine..still in the experimental stage.
1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 4th ser. 93/2 The chain pump known as the Chinese or Californian pump..is in common use in alluvial gold diggings in America and Australia.
1900 Bk. Gardening 237 Platystemon californicum (Californian Poppy) is a beautiful plant on rockwork and in flower-borders.
c1900 in A. Davis Package & Print (1967) Pl. 185 (caption) Extract Eonia Californian Poppy. J. & E. Atkinson London.
1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 34/1 Soaps..Californian Poppy—box of 3 tablets 3/3.
1926 A. Huxley Jesting Pilate iv. 260 Californian figs and oranges.
1938 G. Greene Brighton Rock i. iii. 46 A handkerchief scented with Californian Poppy.
1956 N.Z. Timber Jrnl. July 54/2 Californian redwood, Sequoia sempervirens.
B. n.
1. A native or inhabitant of California.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > specific state > states
Marylander1640
Rhode Islander1665
Jerseyman1679
Pennsylvanian1685
Carolinian1705
Georgian1732
Marylandian1750
Jersey blue1758
Californian1762
Louisianian1775
Mississippian1775
Acadian1776
Vermonteer1778
Kentuckian1779
Vermontese1783
Indianian1784
Cohee1786
Kentuck1789
Virginian1797
Michiganian1813
Michigan1814
Tennessean1815
Ohioan1818
Illinoian1819
Ohian1819
Missourian1820
buckeye1823
Vermonter1825
Hoosier1826
red horse1833
sucker1833
wolverine1833
puke1834
corn-cracker1835
Texian1835
Alaskan1836
Texan1837
Michigander1838
Oregonian1838
Rackensack1839
Arkansian1844
badger1844
Bay Stater1845
Lone Star Stater1845
Oregonese1845
tar-boiler1845
weasel1845
web foot1845
Alabaman1846
Iowanc1848
Arkansan1851
Minnesotian1851
Washingtonian1852
Minnesotan1854
Nebraskan1854
Kansian1855
Utahan1855
Floridan1856
fly-up-the-creek1857
Dakotian1861
Coloradan1862
Coloradian1862
Texican1863
Coloradoan1864
tarheel1864
Cajun1868
Kansan1868
Montanian1869
Floridian1870
mudcat1872
New Jerseyan1872
Arkansawyer1874
longhorn1876
Mainer1879
New Jerseyite1885
prune picker1892
Hawaiian1893
Oklahoman1894
Tex1909
blue hen's chicken1921
Tejano1925
Geechee1926
Arkie1927
sooner1930
wyomingite1930
New Mexican1940
Okie1948
1762 Amer. Gazetteer I. sig. D12v The characteristicks of the Californian are stupidity and insensibility.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xiv. 118 We saw three men..dressed partly like sailors and partly like Californians.
1870 Amer. Naturalist 3 354 A ‘one-cow town’ would certainly astonish the most stolid Californian.
1893 K. Sanborn Truthful Woman S. Calif. ii. 18 Some one says that Californians ‘irrigate, cultivate, and exaggerate’.
1969 I. Kemp Brit. G.I. in Vietnam iii. 48 A soft-spoken Californian of medium build with hair already going a little grey.
2. A red herring. slang.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > cured fish > smoked fish
red herringa1399
bloat herringa1586
fumade1599
sore1600
Yarmouth capona1661
kipper1769
finnana1774
Norfolk capon1785
bukkama1805
soldier1811
bloater1832
Yarmouth bloater1832
finnie haddie1851
Californian1873
smoky1891
two-eyed steak1893
finney1906
buckling1909
lox1937
nova1964
1873 Cassell's Mag. 6 245/2 About the time of the gold discoveries, some one applied the term Californian to these. The word was appropriate, and Californians such highly coloured herrings are called to this day.

Compounds

Californian jack n. Obsolete rare = California jack n. at California n. Compounds 2.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > all fours
all fours1674
seven-up1830
old sledge1834
pitch1860
California jack1865
Pedro Sancho1875
cinch1889
high five1889
Californian jack1893
sell-out-
1893 W. A. Raleigh Let. 28 July (1926) I. 177 His losses at Californian Jack..were my gains.
Californian olive n. Oreodaphne (Umbellularia) californica (family Lauraceæ).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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