1) mestizo. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...ancestry, especially of mixed European and Native American ancestry. Spanish, mixed, mestizo, from Old Spanish, mixed, from Late Latin mixtcius, from Latin mixtus,...
2) mestizo. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...mestizo, (maste´so) (KEY) [Span.,=mixture], person of mixed race; particularly, in Mexico and Central and South America, a person of European (Spanish or Portuguese)...
3) 6. Peru. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...of export commodities stiffened competition among military strongmen. On the coast, mestizo peasants and wage laborers participated in the market economy; in the...
4) mestiza. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...ancestry, especially of mixed European and Native American ancestry. Spanish, feminine of mestizo. See mestizo....
5) Diaz, Porfirio. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Díaz, Porfirio, (porfe´ryo de´as) (KEY) , 1830-1915, Mexican statesman, a mestizo, christened Jose de la Cruz Porfirio Diaz. He gained prominence by supporting Benito...
6) 1863. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...Overseas Ministry took over rule of the Philippines from the Council of the Indies. 1 1864 Mestizo cleric Jose Burgos released a manifesto calling for ethnic equality...
7) 2. Guatemala. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...traditional judicial procedures, and merchant guilds, and abolished the head tax. Carrera's mestizo supporters dominated politics. Indians maintained their communal...
8) Anaya, Rudolfo. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...many poems, plays, essays, novels, and short stories explore the literature and legends of mestizo America....
9) chino. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...2. Trousers made of a coarse twilled cotton. Often used in the plural. American Spanish, mestizo, yellowish (from its original tan color), probably from Spanish chino,...
10) Ladino. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...Judeo-Spanish. 2. also ladino In Central America, a Spanish-speaking or acculturated Indian; a mestizo. Spanish ladino, from Latin Latnus, Latin. See Latin....
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