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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)play

  Familiarity information: MESTIZA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MESTIZA (noun)


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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