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Californio

American  
[ka-li-fawrn-yoh] / ˌkæ lɪˈfɔrn joʊ /

noun

  • Californios
    plural
  1. History/Historical. one of the Spanish-speaking colonists who settled California before it was annexed by the United States of America, or a descendant of one of these colonists.


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The treaty’s terms were supposedly proposed by a Californio matriarch named Bernarda Ruiz de Rodriguez, who persuaded the two men to stand down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2024

Gutierrez, whose ancestors came to Southern California in the 1840s, grew up with stories of Californio bravery in the face of American empire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2023

Nearly all the local Californio ranchers lost their lands through bankruptcy, fire sales, or to sons-in-laws who married Mexican women mostly for their inheritance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2021

The Greek Revivals and Georgian Colonials of Lexington and Concord were re-created on the streets of L.A., where they stood defiantly apart, wood amidst adobe, Anglo among Californio.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2021

The Indians under Raymundo el Californio returned, completely dispersed because the winds and high waves swamped many of them.

From The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California by Sherburne Friend Cook

His series served as the definitive work on the subject for decades, while Vallejo’s effort and the memories of his fellow Californios gathered dust in archives for over a century.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2023

The Californios won battles through the fall of 1846 in present-day Dominguez Hills, the San Pasqual Valley in San Diego County and the San Gabriel River near Montebello.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2023

It survived the drought of 1864, which destroyed the cattle industry in Southern California, reduced the Californios to ruins and ushered in the beginnings of the modern city.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2022

It also promised Californios the same rights as American citizens and allowed them to keep their property.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2022

Although some Californios staged a short-lived rebellion in September 1846, many others submitted to the U.S. takeover.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014

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