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A Chicana is an American born and or raised in California whose parents or grandparents were born in Mexico.

Chicano = Male
Chicana = Female
Yvonne, are you from Mexico?
No, I'm Chicana, my Dad was born in Chihauhau Mexico though.
Chicana by BlueKarma88 March 4, 2009
A female with Chicano identity; the ethnoculturally distinct Americans of Mexican ancestry.
Remembering my High School Spanish helped me seal the deal with this smoking hot Chicana!
Chicana by ApricotFields May 21, 2019
a legal person who was born in the U.S. who's parents are legal in the U.S. NOT THE SAME AS MEXICAN. Better than mexicans and are usually shorty's from California who are light skinned.
look at that cute light skinned chicana.
chicana by Linda Rodriguez April 30, 2008

Chicano, Chicana 

A chicano is a first generation Mexican American who is proud of his heritage, and is raised in the Mexican traditional way, but living in an American socity.
Chicano, Chicana by Edaid Rojas September 3, 2004

Chicano, Chicana 

A first generation American born to parents of Mexican descent
Chicano, Chicana by Anonymous November 2, 2003

Chicano, Chicana 

A person with mexican heritage born in the United States; one who feels culturally screwed up & is not fully accepted by either Americans or Mexicans but only by others of their kind.
Chicano, Chicana by edica September 27, 2003
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