Mexican

Meanings

Noun

• A Mexica; an Aztec.
• The Nahuatl language.
• A person from Mexico or of Mexican descent.
• A person from, or of descent from, any Spanish-speaking country.
• A person from either of the southern states of New South Wales and Victoria.
• Mexican cuisine; traditional Mexican food or Tex-Mex.

Proper Noun

• The Mexican dialect of Spanish.

Adjective

• Of or pertaining to the Mexica people.
• Of or pertaining to the Nahuatl language.
• Of, from, or pertaining to Mexico.

Related

Similar words

• Mexica, Aztec
• Nahuatl, Aztec

Origin

• From Spanish mexicano, from Nahuatl mexihcah plural of mexihcatl + -ano