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Medigan.

An Italian who has lost touch with their cultural heritage.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. An Italian who has lost touch with their cultural heritage.

    slang
  2. A non-Italian person, particularly a white American.

    slang
Where this word comes from

From Neapolitan americano. The first vowel is reduced to a schwa in Neapolitan and further undergoes apheresis in American Neapolitan. To American ears, Neapolitan /k/ sounds like English /ɡ/ due to Neapolitan unvoiced stops being unaspirated unlike in American English. The final vowel in Neapolitan is reduced to a schwa and is further apocopated in American Neapolitan.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.