The term Californio (historical, regional Spanish for 'Californian') was originally applied by and to the Spanish-speaking residents of Las Californias during the periods of Spanish California and Mexican California, between 16. Alongside the Tejanos of Texas and Neomexicanos of New Mexico and Colorado, Californios are part of the larger Chicano/ Mexican-American/ Hispano community of the United States, which has inhabited the American Southwest and the West Coast since the 16th century. California's Spanish-speaking community has resided there since 1683 and is made up of varying Spanish, Mexican, Mestizo, and Indigenous Californian origins. Spanish ( American Spanish, Mexican Spanish), English ( California English, Chicano English), Caló, Indigenous languages of California, Indigenous languages of MexicoĬhicanos, Mexican Americans, Mexicans, Spaniards, Indigenous Mexican American, Spanish Americans, Louisiana Criollos, Louisiana IsleñosĬalifornio (plural Californios) is a term used to designate a Hispanic Californian, especially those descended from Spanish and Mexican settlers.

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