mestiza

[me-stee-zuh, mi-]

mes·ti·za

[me-stee-zuh, mi-]
noun
a woman of racially mixed ancestry, especially, in Latin America, of mixed American Indian and European ancestry or, in the Philippines, of mixed native and foreign ancestry.

Origin:
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mestizo (mɛˈstiːzəʊ, mɪ-)
 
n , pl -zos, -zoes
a person of mixed parentage, esp the offspring of a Spanish American and an American Indian
 
[C16: from Spanish, ultimately from Latin miscēre to mix]
 
mestiza
 
fem n

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