Chicana

or chi·ca·na

[ chi-kah-nuh, -kan-uh ]

adjective

of or relating to female Mexican Americans or their culture: a conference on Chicana issues.

noun

a Mexican American girl or woman.

Origin of Chicana

¹

First recorded in 1965–70; from Mexican Spanish, feminine of Chicano

word story For Chicana

See Latinx.

Compare Chicano, Chican@, Chicanx.
See also la raza.

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