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Chi⋅ca⋅na

[chi-kah-nuh, -kan-uh]
–noun
1. a Mexican-American girl or woman.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to female Mexican-Americans or their culture: a conference on Chicana issues.

Origin:
1965–70; < MexSp, fem. of Chicano
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Chi·ca·na   (chĭ-kä'nə, shĭ-)   
n.  A Mexican-American woman or girl. See Usage Notes at Chicano, Latina1.

[American Spanish chicana, feminine of chicano, chicano; see Chicano.]
Chi·ca'na adj.
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