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Date: 1900-2000
Language: Mexican Spanish
Origin: Spanish mejicano 'Mexican man'

Chicano

 noun
     
Chi‧ca‧no plural Chicanos [countable]
a US citizen who was born in Mexico or whose family came from Mexico [↪ Hispanic]
—Chicano adjective
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