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• plural of Chicano.

Chicanos

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1. Mexican-Americans; short for the Spanish word mexicanos, which is sometimes pronounced mechicanos. In recent years, Latino and Latina have become more widely used to describe Hispanic-Americans in general.

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Valdez awakened a movement, bringing Chicanos from the California fields he grew up working in to stages and screens all over the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026

In the storied history of the Los Angeles punk scene, Chicanos were, and remain, permanent fixtures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025

We are both Mexican Americans, Chicanos, but I thought, “Alice is much more fluent in Spanish.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025

As a filmmaker, seeing these stills of Chicanos reimagining Hollywood, I was so floored and excited.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025

These men were all Chicanos, and he was a white man, the person theoretically in charge of this search.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols