Chicana

Chicana
/chi kah"neuh, -kan"euh/, n.
1. a Mexican-American girl or woman.
adj.
2. of or pertaining to female Mexican-Americans or their culture: a conference on Chicana issues.
[1965-70; < MexSp, fem. of CHICANO]

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