Mestizo

Mestizo (Portuguese, Mesti?o; French, M?tis: 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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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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Portuguese: Portuguese is an adjective refering to matters related to Portugal. It may refer to the following articles:...

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Late Latin: Late Latin is the scholarly name for the written Latin of Late Antiquity. The English dictionary definition of Late Latin dates this period from the 3rd to the 6th centuries AD. extending in Spain to the 7th. and all the various dialects of Vulgar Latin. The linguist, Antoine Meillet, said Sans que ...