Mestizo

Mestizo (Portuguese, Mestiço; French, Métis: from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscere, "to mix") is a term of Spanish origin used to designate the peoples of mixed European and Amerindian racial strain inhabiting the region spanning the Americas, from the Canadian prairies in the north to Argentina and Chile's Patagonia in the south.

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Portuguese - French - Late Latin - Latin - Spanish - Europe - Amerindian - The Americas - Canadian prairies - Argentina - Chile - Patagonia

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In other regions and countries previously under Spanish, Portugese or French colonial rule, variants of the term may also be in usage for people of other native and colonial European mixtures. In the Philippines, the term (Filipino, Mestiso) is a generic reference to individuals of any non-specific foreign admixture to an ethnic Malay base stock.

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Philippines - Filipino - Malay

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