Californian
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The worker, who moved to the Californian city two years ago for a technical job with the San Francisco-based company, is currently renting.
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2026
He ditched his British oil paints in favour of bright, Californian acrylics but retained his Bradford accent - which the Americans adored.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
During his Californian revival, away from the glare of European soccer, he spent two idyllic seasons in Beverly Hills—“the flat areas,” he points out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
In the case of Californian AI chip titan Nvidia -- now the world's most valuable company at more than $5 trillion -- many employees with stock options became millionaires very quickly, Shah said.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
On this particular day he takes his binoculars and his butterfly book and heads out into the countryside on his secondhand bicycle, to look for Californian butterflies.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
