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MESTIZA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mestiza mean?
• MESTIZA (noun)
The noun MESTIZA has 1 sense:
1. a woman of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)
Familiarity information: MESTIZA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A woman of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("mestiza" is a kind of...):
adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))
Domain region:
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
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