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Chican@

Chican@ noun: a Chicano or Chicana.

Noun

Chican@ (plural Chican@s)

  1. (neologism) A Chicano or Chicana.
    • The history generated by those presuppositions—and, tautologically, the presuppositions that continue to be sustained through that history—is enmeshed with the cultural and political mobilization of Chican@s as an oppositional group ...2010, Sandra K. Soto, Reading Chican@ Like a Queer: The De-Mastery of Desire, University of Texas Press, →ISBN
    • One of the most beautiful things about Chican@s is that for those who become aware, there is truly no generation gap. Fathers and sons, mothers and daughters simply enjoy working together for the betterment of La Raza.2011, Nephtalí De León, Chican@s: Our Background and Our Pride, Universitat de València, →ISBN, page 111
    Synonyms:
    Chicane, Chicanx

Synonyms of Chican@

Forms of Chican@

pluralChican@s

Origin of Chican@

The at-sign (@) resembles both the feminine ending/element a and the masculine o.

Questions about Chican@

What does Chican@ mean?
Chican@ means a Chicano or Chicana.
What part of speech is Chican@?
Chican@ is a noun.
What is the plural of Chican@?
The plural of Chican@ is Chican@s.

Words near Chican@ in the dictionary

  1. Chicagorillas
  2. chicalote
  3. chicalotes
  4. Chicamacomico
  5. Chicamacomico River
  6. Chican@
  7. Chican@s
  8. Chicana
  9. Chicana studies
  10. Chicanas
  11. chicane

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