Marielito

[mahr-ee-uh-lee-toh; Sp. mah-rye-lee-taw]

Ma·ri·e·li·to

[mahr-ee-uh-lee-toh; Sp. mah-rye-lee-taw]
noun, plural Ma·ri·e·li·tos [-tohz; Sp. -taws] .
a refugee from Cuba who came to the U.S. in 1980 as part of a mass migration that sailed from Mariel, Cuba.

Origin:
< American Spanish, equivalent to Mariel, from which the migration took place + -ito noun suffix, usually diminutive
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Marielito has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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