adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to the Mexica people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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adj
Of or pertaining to the Mexica people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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adj
Of or pertaining to the Nahuatl language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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adj
Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Mexico.
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noun
A Mexica; an Aztec.
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Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
The Nahuatl language.
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Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
A person from the country of Mexico or of Mexican descent.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The Mexican dialect of Spanish.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A person from, or of descent from, any Spanish-speaking country.
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Usage: US, countable, offensive, slang, uncountable
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noun
A Victorian (a person from the state of Victoria).
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Usage: Australia, New-South-Wales, countable, slang, uncountable
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noun
A person from either of the southern states of New South Wales and Victoria.
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Usage: Australia, countable, slang, uncountable
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noun
Mexican or Mexican-derived cuisine; whether traditional Mexican food or Tex-Mex, etc.
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Usage: uncountable
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adjective
of or relating to Mexico or its inhabitants
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noun
a native or inhabitant of Mexico
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Broader terms: Central American
Narrower terms: Chicano, greaser, wetback, taco, Mexican-American, Mexicano
History
Borrowed from Spanish mexicano, from Nahuatl mēxihcah plural of mēxihcatl (“a Mexica”) + -ano (“-an”). By surface analysis, Mexico + -an. Doublet of Mexicano.
Across languages
149 source translations are retained for this English entry.