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Chinese mestizo

Today it means: A person of mixed ethnic Chinese Filipino and Austronesian Filipino ancestry. Full definition →

Spanish mestizo chino

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Spanish · calque ofmestizo chino
English todayChinese mestizo

See Chinese + mestizo (“mixed”). Calque of Spanish mestizo chino or mestizo de sangley.

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