Mexican Indian

American  

[mek-si-kuhn in-dee-uhn] / ˈmɛk sɪ kən ˈɪn di ən /

noun

Mexican Indians plural

1. any of the Indigenous peoples of Mexico. (See note at Indian.)

2. a member of any of the Indigenous peoples of Mexico.

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adjective

1. relating to the Indigenous peoples of the land that is now Mexico. (See note at Indian.)

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• Mexican Indians
  plural

Example Sentences

Within Bremerton alone, it’s easy to find excellent Filipino, Mexican, Indian, Hawaiian, Vietnamese, Middle Eastern, Thai, soul and Italian foods — and, of course, plenty of seafood, too.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2024

If you love cilantro, you’ll love that it is featured in a handful of seemingly very different cuisines, including Mexican, Indian, Thai and Vietnamese.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2022

Over the drawn-out summer months, we watched Blu-rays, shopped at thrift stores, ate Mexican, Indian and Italian in dark restaurants.

From New York Times • May 12, 2011

Acting on this advice, Anthropologist Carlos Castaneda of U.C.L.A. put himself in the hands of a Mexican Indian shaman.

From Time Magazine Archive

No, he told the judge, English wasn’t his first language; that would be Nahuatl, the Mexican Indian tongue.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover