Californios
Californios is the plural of Californio.
Meaning of Californio
Noun
Californio (plural Californios)
- A Spanish-speaking Roman Catholic Californian living in California before the Mexican–American War.
- 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.2015, Blake Allmendinger, editor, A History of California Literature, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 47
Questions about Californios
- What is Californios the plural of?
- Californios is the plural of Californio.
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