Meaning
Angeleno is the standard English demonym for a resident or person identified with Los Angeles.
How it is used
The Los Angeles Times identifies Angeleno—not Angelino—as the established demonym for Los Angeles residents, and City of Los Angeles material routinely uses Angeleno in civic language. Identity in practice can be cultural and personal as well as address-based.
Examples
- “She has considered herself an Angeleno for years.”
- “Angelenos use many different names for the city’s regions and freeways.”
Pronunciation
/ˌændʒəˈliːnoʊ/ · an-juh-LEE-noh
Tone and register
Usually neutral or positive. Like other civic identities, Angeleno can express belonging without implying one ethnicity, class, neighborhood, birthplace, or length of residence.
Visitor guidance
Use Angeleno as the normal Los Angeles demonym, but do not turn it into a purity test. Los Angeles County and the City of Los Angeles contain many overlapping local identities, and people may prefer more specific community labels.
Cultural context
Los Angeles is unusually polycentric, multilingual, and neighborhood-oriented. Angeleno supplies a broad civic identity across that complexity, while local identities such as Valley resident, Eastsider, Westsider, or community-specific names can remain equally meaningful.
Places represented
Open the reviewed place guide for each regional sense carried by this canonical entry.