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Californiana

Californiana noun: items, especially collectibles, associated with the state of California.

Noun

Californiana pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Items, especially collectibles, associated with the state of California.
    • 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
    • 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

Origin of Californiana

From California + -ana.

Questions about Californiana

What does Californiana mean?
Californiana means items, especially collectibles, associated with the state of California.
What part of speech is Californiana?
Californiana is a noun.

Words near Californiana in the dictionary

  1. Californian anchovy
  2. Californian stop
  3. Californian stops
  4. Californian white sage
  5. Californian white sages
  6. Californiana
  7. Californianese
  8. Californianism
  9. Californianisms
  10. Californianist
  11. Californianists

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