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Mexican.

A Mexica; an Aztec.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmɛksɪk(ə)n/Received-Pronunciation/ˈmɛksək(ə)n/General-American/ˈmɛksəkɪn/
  1. A Mexica; an Aztec.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  2. The Nahuatl language.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  3. A person from the country of Mexico or of Mexican descent.

    countable · uncountable
  4. The Mexican dialect of Spanish.

    countable · uncountable
  5. A person from, or of descent from, any Spanish-speaking country.

    US · countable · offensive · slang · uncountable
    What kind of Mexican are you?
  6. A Victorian (a person from the state of Victoria).

    Australia · New-South-Wales · countable · slang · uncountable
  7. A person from either of the southern states of New South Wales and Victoria.

    Australia · countable · slang · uncountable
  8. Mexican or Mexican-derived cuisine; whether traditional Mexican food or Tex-Mex, etc.

    uncountable
    I'm hungry. Want to go out for Mexican?
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Spanish mexicano, from Nahuatl mēxihcah plural of mēxihcatl (“a Mexica”) + -ano (“-an”). By surface analysis, Mexico + -an. Doublet of Mexicano.

adj/ˈmɛksɪk(ə)n/Received-Pronunciation/ˈmɛksək(ə)n/General-American/ˈmɛksəkɪn/
  1. Of or pertaining to the Mexica people.

    obsolete
  2. Of or pertaining to the Nahuatl language.

    obsolete
  3. Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Mexico.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Spanish mexicano, from Nahuatl mēxihcah plural of mēxihcatl (“a Mexica”) + -ano (“-an”). By surface analysis, Mexico + -an. Doublet of Mexicano.

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