Chicano
noun/tʃɪˈkɑːnəʊ/, /ʃɪˈkɑːnəʊ/
/tʃɪˈkɑːnəʊ/
(plural Chicanos)
(especially US English, from Spanish)- a person living in the US whose family came from Mexico compare Chicana, Hispanic, LatinoTopics People in societyc2Word OriginMexican Spanish, alteration of Spanish mejicano (masculine) ‘Mexican’.
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