Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

californianism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cal-i-for-ni-an-ism
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A word or phrase that is characteristic of the variety of English spoken in California.

Etymology

From Californian + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Californian

Inflected Forms

Californianisms (plural)

Questions

What does californianism mean?: A word or phrase that is characteristic of the variety of English spoken in California.
Where does californianism come from?: From Californian + -ism.

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