name
Meaning 1
A city in Butte County, California, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
chico
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name
Meaning 2
An unincorporated census-designated place in Washington, United States.
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name
Meaning 3
A city in Texas, United States.
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name
Meaning 4
A diminutive of the male given name Francisco, from Portuguese.
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noun
Meaning 5
A Latin-American boy; a Latino.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, informal
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noun
Meaning 6
The fruit of the sapodilla, Manilkara zapota.
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noun
Meaning 7
Sweet corn that has been cooked and dried on the cob.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural
Qualifier: American Southwest
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noun
Meaning 8
United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1891-1961)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Marx, Leonard Marx
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Broader terms: comedian, comic
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Yucatec Maya chiʼikbor. Spanish chicobor. English chico Borrowed from Spanish chico.
Borrowed from Spanish chicozapote (through a regional abbreviation), from Nahuatl xicotzapotl. Cognate of chicle.
Perhaps from Spanish choclo, influenced by chico.
Real reading context