mestizo

Etymology
, from, from. , which came from French.

Noun

 * 1) A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Spanish and Native American heritage.
 * 2)  A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Austronesian Filipino and Spanish or Chinese ancestry, such as that of the Spanish mestizos and Chinese mestizos from the Spanish Colonial Era of the Philippines.

Usage notes

 * Historically in the Philippines, mestizos of mixed ethnic Chinese and native Austronesian descent, known as Mestizos de Sangley, were demographically more numerous than mestizos of mixed Spanish and native Austronesian descent differentiated as Mestizos de Español, though historically the latter had more social prestige and legal privileges under the colonial caste system of Spanish colonial Philippines centuries ago, which continues to shape modern-day demographics and social perceptions.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: метис
 * Catalan: mestís, mestissa
 * Esperanto: mestizo, mestizino
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Marathi: मेस्तिसो
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, cabocla, ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,

Etymology
, from, from.

Etymology 1
, from. Cognate to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) of mixed, Spanish and Native American heritage
 * 2)  of mixed indigenous (aboriginal) and colonial (European) descent

Noun

 * 1) a person of mixed Spanish and Native American heritage
 * 2) a person whose ethnic heritage is of both aboriginal and colonial descent
 * 3)  a person of mixed Austronesian Filipino and non-austronesian foreign ancestry, typically born and raised in the Philippines, especially either that of the Mestizo de Español (Spanish mestizo) and Mestizo de Sangley (Chinese mestizo)
 * 1)  a person of mixed Austronesian Filipino and non-austronesian foreign ancestry, typically born and raised in the Philippines, especially either that of the Mestizo de Español (Spanish mestizo) and Mestizo de Sangley (Chinese mestizo)

Usage notes

 * Historically in the Philippines, mestizos of mixed ethnic Chinese and native Austronesian descent, known as Mestizos de Sangley, were demographically more numerous than mestizos of mixed Spanish and native Austronesian descent differentiated as Mestizos de Español, though historically the latter had more social prestige and legal privileges under the colonial caste system of Spanish colonial Philippines centuries ago, which continues to shape modern-day demographics and social perceptions.