[lah-rah-sah] 
) Spanish. | 1. | (used with a plural verb) Mexican Americans collectively. |
| 2. | (used with a singular verb) Mexican-American culture. |
| La Ra·za (lä rä'sä) n. Mexicans or Mexican Americans considered as a group, sometimes extending to all Spanish-speaking people of the Americas. [American Spanish, the people.] |