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
1First recorded in 1965–70; from Mexican Spanish, feminine of Chicano
word story For Chicana
See Latinx.
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