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Chicano
The word comes from an indigenous Mexican/Native word coming from the Nahuatl (Aztec) word for “native.”
Here is a definition according to the scholastic Handbook of Texas:
"According to one explanation, the pre-Columbian tribes (Aztecs) in Mexico called themselves Meshicas, and the Spaniards, employing the letter x (which at that time represented a “sh” and “ch” sound), spelled it Mexicas. The Indians later referred to themselves as Meshicanos and even as Shicanos, thus giving birth to the term Chicano."
Therefore, the term stuck to all Americans of Mexican decent. Sometimes, the word “Chicano” can be applied to a Mexican national who was brought to the United States at a very early age and adapted the “Chicano” lifestyle.
Here is a definition according to the scholastic Handbook of Texas:
"According to one explanation, the pre-Columbian tribes (Aztecs) in Mexico called themselves Meshicas, and the Spaniards, employing the letter x (which at that time represented a “sh” and “ch” sound), spelled it Mexicas. The Indians later referred to themselves as Meshicanos and even as Shicanos, thus giving birth to the term Chicano."
Therefore, the term stuck to all Americans of Mexican decent. Sometimes, the word “Chicano” can be applied to a Mexican national who was brought to the United States at a very early age and adapted the “Chicano” lifestyle.
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chicanowash
chicanowash by capn freddy June 22, 2012
Chicano Lodge
Derived from Econo Lodge, an affordable motel chain for those who need to pinch their pennies while vacationing.
A small dwelling (apartment, loft, studio, etc) which houses no fewer than two families at a time.
A small dwelling (apartment, loft, studio, etc) which houses no fewer than two families at a time.
Guy 1. "Hey, can we stay at your moms house when we visit Los Angeles?"
Guy 2. "No way man, that Chicano Lodge has no vacancy! We'd better stay at the Holiday Inn instead."
Guy 2. "No way man, that Chicano Lodge has no vacancy! We'd better stay at the Holiday Inn instead."
Chicano Lodge by Japanessence June 25, 2012
Chicano
means Indigenous and Indian people from native or mexican americans
totally Indians decent or Indian people as natural races.
totally Indians decent or Indian people as natural races.
Chicanos
Chicano by MissCubans April 11, 2010
chicano
noun 1. A person who identifies himself/herself, regardless of a nationality, with the political, socioeconomic and cultural strife of native people and their descendants of the Americas.
2. A political, socioeconomic and cultural paradigm acquired from knowledge and interpretation of literature, music, politics, etc. of descendants of the Americas.
2. A political, socioeconomic and cultural paradigm acquired from knowledge and interpretation of literature, music, politics, etc. of descendants of the Americas.
chicano by Ivan Lopez February 1, 2005
chicano
A person with the desendence of mexican but not born in mexico but in the U.S.A chicano is not people from latin america but only people with mexican desendence in born in the USA.
That vato over there says he is chicano but his parents were born in El Salvador. That means he is not chicano because his parents must be form Mexico and he must have been born in the United States to be a chicano.