mexican
mexican Lexical Profile
• adjective
Of, relating to, or characteristic of Mexico, its people, or its culture.
"The museum is hosting an exhibition of traditional Mexican pottery and textiles from Oaxaca."
• noun
A native or inhabitant of Mexico, or a person of Mexican descent.
"Millions of Mexicans celebrate the Day of the Dead each November to honor their ancestors."
The variety of the Spanish language spoken in Mexico, or historically, the Nahuatl language.
"Early colonial scholars compiled detailed dictionaries of Mexican to study the Nahuatl spoken in the Valley of Mexico."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mexicano, derived from México, which comes from the Nahuatl endonym Mēxihcah, the name by which the indigenous Aztec rulers of the Valley of Mexico referred to themselves.
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