Cascadian

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

Adjective
  1. 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."

Synonyms

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pacific northwesternerpacific northwesterner

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From Cascadia + -ian.

Related phrases

north america

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