Chican@

American  

[chi-kah-nou, ‐-kan-ou] / tʃɪˈkɑ naʊ, ‐ˈkæn aʊ /

Or chican@

adjective

1. of or relating to Mexican Americans or their culture (used in place of the masculine form Chicano or the feminine formChicana ).

   The Chican@ students on campus are raising awareness about the plight of migrant farmworkers.

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noun

Chican@s plural

1. a Mexican American (used in place of the masculine form Chicano or the feminine formChicana ).

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• Chican@s
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Chican@

First recorded in 1995–2000; from the superficial resemblance of @ as a combination of a and o; see Chicanx ( def. )