native Californian
Born in California
A native Californian is someone born in California, as distinguished from the many residents who moved there from elsewhere.
The term carries a hint of insider status in a state where transplants outnumber natives: As a native Californian, she'd never seen snow until college.
Sometimes capitalized.
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- localOf this area
- mission bellsPendant-flowered native bulbs
- goldenBright yellow, or precious
- sunshineDirect rays from above
June gloom · coast · Pacific Coast Highway · redwoods · valleys · missions · ranchos · adobe · acorns · chaparral · drought · wildfires · beaches · surfer · Bay Area · Silicon Valley · SoCal · Central Valley
native Californiantransplant
Move tissue between bodies
newcomer · out-of-stater · migrant · non-native · Midwesterner
native Californiannew arrival
Person recently appearing
carpetbagger · Johnny-come-lately · temporary resident · transient · passing through
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