Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chican@

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chi-can@
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Chicano or Chicana.

Example Sentences

"The history generated by those presuppositions—and, tautologically, the presuppositions that continue to be sustained through that history—is enmeshed with the cultural and political mobilization of Chican@s as an oppositional group ..."
"One of the most beautiful things about Chican@s is that for those who become aware, there is truly no generation gap. Fathers and sons, mothers and daughters simply enjoy working together for the betterment of La Raza."

Etymology

The at-sign (@) resembles both the feminine ending/element a and the masculine o.

Inflected Forms

Chican@s (plural)

Synonyms

Chicane Chicanx

Questions

What does chican@ mean?: A Chicano or Chicana.
Where does chican@ come from?: The at-sign (@) resembles both the feminine ending/element a and the masculine o.

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