Mexican-American
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3.1
- noun
- /ˌmɛksɪkən əˈmɛrɪkən/
- US
- Would you consider yourself Mexican American?
- Mexican-American fans
- Mexican-American activists
- Mexican-American organizations
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Watch on YouTubeIt's Mexican American, grandparents are from Mexico.
- It's Mexican American, grandparents are from Mexico.
- Now I am part of the problem of the overemphasis of Latinos and Mexican Americans in cities.
- The one shift is that right because Mexican Americans as a political force becomes more significant and increases.
- Hi, I'm Miguel and I'm from Mexico and one of my question is regarding the relationship between Mexicans and the Mexican Americans here in the US.
Examples
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He was our first Mexican American press professor after the civil rights movement.
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Mexican Americans constitute more than 60% of the US Latino population, and about 40% of Mexican Americans were born in Mexico.
Academic text (2012) -
It's Mexican American, grandparents are from Mexico.
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Do we have any Mexican-Americans with us today?
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But being Mexican-American is really hard.
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Nobody knows how tough it is to be Mexican-American.
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Well, the Mexican-American community... has long been referred to as the sleeping giant.
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We focused on Mexican Americans, the largest Hispanic ethnic group.
Academic text (2012) -
Alba is a 5-year-old Mexican American girl enrolled in kindergarten this year.
Academic text (2013) -
My parents grew up in one of the largest and oldest Mexican-American communities in the nation.
Synonyms
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8.3
A person from a Mexican family who lives in the United States and celebrates Mexican-American culture
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6.8
A person from Mexico or with Mexican family who lives in the United States
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8.3
A woman or girl of Mexican descent in the United States who sees herself as part of Mexican American culture
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mexican-American joins Mexican from Mexico and American from America, naming someone connected to both countries. Think of it like carrying two flags, Mexico and the United States, so a Mexican-American has both Mexican and American roots.