Chicana
noun/tʃɪˈkɑːnə/, /ʃɪˈkɑːnə/
/tʃɪˈkɑːnə/
(especially US English, from Spanish)- a girl or woman living in the US whose family came from Mexico compare Chicano, Hispanic, LatinaTopics People in societyc2Word OriginMexican Spanish, alteration of Spanish mejicana (feminine) ‘Mexican’.
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