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Cascadian en · ADJ

Etymology

From Cascadia + -ian.

Meanings

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Cascadia region of North America.
    • All the evidence, starting with the layer of sand, points to a Cascadian earthquake during the night of January 26, potentially as big as the Sumatran one of 2004. 2009, Michael Welland, Sand: The Never-Ending Story, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 194:

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Cascadian en · NOUN

Etymology

From Cascadia + -ian.

Meanings

  1. A resident of the Cascadia bioregion of North America.
    • Cascadians gathered enough political strength in Congress to defeat proposed border-crossing fees, and they got approval for dedicated commuter lanes and smart cards to speed transit at the Peace Arch crossing. 2007, Reginald C. Stuart, Dispersed Relations: Americans and Canadians in Upper North America, Woodrow Wilson Center Press, →ISBN, page 270:

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Cascadians Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

Pacific Northwesterner