chicana
chicana Lexical Profile
chicana Game Scores & Validity
• noun
North American An American woman or girl of Mexican origin or descent.
"As a proud Chicana, she wove family stories from both sides of the border into her poetry."
• adjective
North American Relating to American women or girls of Mexican origin or descent, or to their culture, literature, and political movements.
"The university offers an interdisciplinary course on Chicana feminism and contemporary art."
Word Nuance & Usage
Usually capitalized, "Chicana" specifically refers to a female Mexican American (as opposed to the masculine or gender-general "Chicano") and often carries connotations of cultural pride, political awareness, and intersectional feminist identity.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Mexican Spanish "chicana," the feminine form of "chicano," which is an clipped alteration of "mexicano" (Mexican), ultimately tracing back to the Nahuatl ethnonym "Mexica."
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