mexican

Speech parts

1. mexican - Noun

2. mexican - Adjective

3. Mexican - Proper noun

Meaning

Of or pertaining to Mexico or its people.

A native or inhabitant of Mexico.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hispanic aztec latin latino Mexico City Salvadoran Nahuatl country Mexico Chicano Mexicali greaser Chiapas mariachi paisa

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Hypernyms

Central American

Hyponyms

Chicano greaser Mexican-American taco Mexicano wetback

Phrases with the word

Mexican snowball mexican stud Mexican feather grass Mexican wrestling Mexican eagle Mexican morning glory

Examples

The Southern rebellion was largely the outgrowth of the Mexican war. Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions. We got our punishment in the most sanguinary and expensive war of modern times. Ulysses S. Grant

[The Mexican revolution] was a break with the past to recover the past. We were trying to deny we had an Indian and a black and a Spanish past. The Mexican Revolution accepted all heritages. It allowed Mexico to be mestizo. Carlos Fuentes

If we're so cruel to minorities, why do they keep coming here? Why aren't they sneaking across the Mexican border to make their way to the Taliban? Ann Coulter

It is our hope that in future discussions with the Mexican government, you will encourage Mexico to do its part to address illegal immigration rather than encourage their citizens to illegally enter the U.S. Elton Gallegly

Everything that is really Mexican is either Aztec or Spanish. Edward Burnett Tylor

There's no doubt that Mexican men and women full of dignity, willpower and a capacity for work are doing the work that not even blacks want to do in the United States. Vicente Fox

Close letter words and terms

Mexica Mexicali mexicali valley Mexican arrowwood Mexican beaded lizard Mexican bean