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Chicana

or chi·ca·na

[ chi-kah-nuh, -kan-uh ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to female Mexican Americans or their culture:

    a conference on Chicana issues.



noun

  1. a Mexican American girl or woman.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Chicana1

First recorded in 1965–70; from Mexican Spanish, feminine of Chicano

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