Angeleno
noun
An·ge·le·no
ˌan-jə-ˈlē-(ˌ)nō 
variants
or less commonly Angelino
plural Angelenos also Angelinos
: a native or resident of Los Angeles, California
To an Easterner, the central visual expression of Los Angeles may be the beaches, or the bungalow sprawl, or Hollywood, or smog; to an Angeleno, the dominant visual experience is the freeway.—
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The significance is not lost on Vasquez, a fiercely devoted Angeleno who like many others came to the United States from El Salvador as an infant with her family fleeing the Salvadoran civil war.
—Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
Known to friends and family simply as Jay, Krause was a native Angeleno.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 13 Apr. 2025
As virtually every Angeleno now knows, Mayor Karen Bass was on a diplomatic trip to Ghana when the Palisades fire exploded.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
All that is to say Muhammad is an Angeleno through and through.
—Sonari Glinton, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
Known to friends and family simply as Jay, Krause was a native Angeleno.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 13 Apr. 2025
As virtually every Angeleno now knows, Mayor Karen Bass was on a diplomatic trip to Ghana when the Palisades fire exploded.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
All that is to say Muhammad is an Angeleno through and through.
—Sonari Glinton, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Angeleno.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Angeleno. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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