Chicano
noun
Chi·ca·no
chi-ˈkä-(ˌ)nō 
also shi-
plural Chicanos
: an American and especially a man or boy of Mexican descent
Chicano
adjective
Examples of Chicano in a Sentence
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Advertisement Eddie Zuko To Chicano singer-songwriter Eddie Zuko, Coachella is a homecoming.
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Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
As part of its 40th anniversary celebration, Teatro Vision is bringing two of Francisco Jiménez’s books to the stage as a bilingual youth production next weekend at the Chicano theater company.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2024
But what’s happening right now in Southern California isn’t any of that, said Cal State Fullerton Chicana and Chicano Studies professor Alexandro Jose Gradilla.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Joining him there was L.A. Chicano artist Chaz Bojórquez and TAKI 183, who was a teenage pioneer of modern tagging in New York beginning in 1969.
—Steve Appleford, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2024
Particularly through the lens of your work preserving and promoting Latino/Chicano/Mexican/Indigenous art and culture?
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2024
Curriculum changes such as the inclusion of Chicano history and heroes were needed.
—Richard J. Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2024
And over at the Serna Center, a space for Chicano and Latino students, Samuel Solis, a fourth year history major, feels the same way.
—Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 26 Mar. 2024
Watch Chicano Batman’s full Billboard News interview above.
—Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 22 Mar. 2024
Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
As part of its 40th anniversary celebration, Teatro Vision is bringing two of Francisco Jiménez’s books to the stage as a bilingual youth production next weekend at the Chicano theater company.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2024
But what’s happening right now in Southern California isn’t any of that, said Cal State Fullerton Chicana and Chicano Studies professor Alexandro Jose Gradilla.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Joining him there was L.A. Chicano artist Chaz Bojórquez and TAKI 183, who was a teenage pioneer of modern tagging in New York beginning in 1969.
—Steve Appleford, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2024
Particularly through the lens of your work preserving and promoting Latino/Chicano/Mexican/Indigenous art and culture?
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2024
Curriculum changes such as the inclusion of Chicano history and heroes were needed.
—Richard J. Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2024
And over at the Serna Center, a space for Chicano and Latino students, Samuel Solis, a fourth year history major, feels the same way.
—Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 26 Mar. 2024
Watch Chicano Batman’s full Billboard News interview above.
—Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 22 Mar. 2024
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Chicano
noun
Chi·ca·no
chi-ˈkän-ō
shi-
: an American and especially a man or boy of Mexican ancestry
Chicano
adjective
Etymology
Mexican Spanish, an altered form of mexicano "Mexican"
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