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Mexicano

American  
[me-hee-kah-noh, me-khee-kah-naw] / ˌmɛ hiˈkɑ noʊ, mɛ xiˈkɑ nɔ /

noun

Mexicanos plural
  1. the Nahuatl language.

  2. a Mexican citizen.


Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

Etymology

Origin of Mexicano

From the Spanish word mexicano Mexican

Example Sentences

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He holds silver miner Industrias Penoles while Baillie Gifford’s Keiller owns Fomento Económico Mexicano, known as FEMSA, which operates a Coca-Cola bottler and has turned around its Oxxo convenience stores.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

Eight UPF manufacturers -- Nestle, PepsiCo, Unilever, Coca-Cola, Danone, Fomento Economico Mexicano, Mondelez, and Kraft Heinz -- accounted for 42 percent of the sector's $1.5 trillion in assets in 2021, the paper said.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

“I love that I’m able to represent that and I just love regional Mexicano and cumbia, it’s what I grew up with.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2024

From a recording booth at Centro Cultural Mexicano, bilingual show “Radio Ya es Tiempo!” shares news and answers questions from the Eastside city’s residents.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 15, 2023

The driver's name was Jairo Hernandez, and he had been driving for Mexicano Taxi for seven years.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

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