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mestizo
mestizo [Span.,=mixture], person of mixed race; particularly, in Mexico and Central and South America, a person of European (Spanish or Portuguese) and indigenous descent. The mestizos constitute a large part of the population in several Latin American countries; they are in various places also cal... Read more
Belize
Belize , independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations (2005 est. pop. 279,500), 8,867 sq mi (22,965 sq km), Central America, on the Caribbean Sea. Belize is bounded on the N by Mexico, on the S and W by Guatemala, and on the E by the Caribbean. The capital is Belmopan . Belize City , the c... Read more
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially Republic of Costa Rica, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,016,000), 19,575 sq mi (50,700 sq km), Central America. It is bounded on the north by Nicaragua, on the east by the Caribbean Sea, on the southeast by Panama, and on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. The capital and la... Read more
Honduras
Honduras , officially Republic of Honduras, republic (2005 est. pop. 6,975,000), 43,277 sq mi (112,088 sq km), Central America. Second largest of the Central American countries, Honduras is bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea, on the east and south by Nicaragua, on the southwest by El Salvador... Read more
North America
North America third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. North America includes all of the mainland and related offshore islands lying N of the Isthmus of Panama (which connects it with So... Read more
Chile
Chile , officially Republic of Chile, republic (2005 est. pop. 15,981,000), 292,256 sq mi (756,945 sq km), S South America, west of the continental divide of the Andes Mts. Chile is bordered by Peru on the north, Bolivia on the northeast, Argentina on the east, and the Pacific Ocean on the west and ... Read more
Panama
Panama , Span. Panamá, officially Republic of Panama, republic (2005 est. pop. 3,039,000), 29,760 sq mi (77,081 sq km), occupying the Isthmus of Panama, which connects Central and South America. To the west and east of Panama, respectively, are Costa Rica and Colombia; the Panama Canal ... Read more
South America
South America fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. It is divided politically into 12 independent countries— Argentina , Bolivia , Brazil , Chile , Colombia , Ecuador , G... Read more
Mexico
Mexico , Span. México or Méjico , officially United Mexican States, republic (2005 est. pop. 106,203,000), 753,665 sq mi (1,952,500 sq km), S North America. It borders on the United States in the north, on the Gulf of Mexico (including its arm, the Bay of Campeche) and the Caribbean... Read more
Peru
Peru , Span. Perú , officially Republic of Peru, republic (2005 est. pop. 27,926,000), 496,220 sq mi (1,285,210 sq km), W South America. It borders on the Pacific Ocean in the west, on Ecuador and Colombia in the north, on Brazil and Bolivia in the east, and on Chile in the south. Lima is ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Mestizo"

Mestizo
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History MESTIZO A Mestizo is a person of American Indian and (usually white) European ancestry...and the end of colonial rule of Mexico, the possible variations of Mestizo numbered more than 100. Mestizo populations spread northward from Mexico...
mestizo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition mestizo [Span.,=mixture], person of mixed race; particularly, in Mexico and Central and South America, a person of European...
South Carolina Slave Code
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...Provided that if any negro Indian mulato, or mestizo shall claim his or her freedom, it shall...for such negro, Indian, mulato, or mestizo, or any person or persons whatsoever...guardian for any negro, Indian, mulato or mestizo, claiming his, her or their freedom...
Mexico
Encyclopedia entry from: World Education Encyclopedia ...heritage and lived on pueblos, while their mestizo and lower-class counterpart campesinos...attributes incorporated into the large mestizo population. Wary of the influence of...the early education of the Indians and mestizo peasants, which consisted mainly of instruction...
Garifuna Americans
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America ...Ninety percent of the population are of mestizo (mixed Amerindian and European) ethnic...percent are Garifuna, 44 percent are mestizo (mixed ancestry), 30 percent are Creole...six percent of the population is of mestizo ethnic origin. These Amerindian-Spanish...
Cuicatec
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...and the Mexican nation state is through mestizo culture-brokers — for example...cultural forms. The boundary between the mestizo and Indian segments, however, is permeable...Indians migrate to the Canada, the mestizo-dominated area, to engage in wage labor...
Triqui
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...of the low-lying area to neighboring mestizo populations. In the latter, commercial...pattern, is located to the south of the mestizo city of Tlaxiaco, at an elevation of...pattern, is situated to the north of the mestizo city of Putla, at an elevation of 1...
Europeans in South America
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...in countries that have large Indian and mestizo populations, such as Peru or Bolivia...or in countries with small Indian and mestizo popuations, for example, Argentina or...European — in contrast to Indian, mestizo, or Afro-South American —...
Indigenismo
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...assimilating their descendants into a unified mestizo nation. By the 1920s indigenismo had...to improve the lives of Indians. Elite mestizo intellectuals and leftist political leaders...classical sense in that he was an urban mestizo intellectual who had little contact with...
Ecuador
Encyclopedia entry from: Countries and Their Cultures ...implying "whitening." Those who self – identify as "white" may use the term "mestizo" for themselves, as in blanco – mestizo , to show how much lighter they are than other "mestizos." Black people, represented by...

Dictionary entries related to "Mestizo"

mestizo
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology mestizo Sp. or Pg. half-caste; offspring of a Spaniard and an American Indian. XVI. — Sp.:- Rom. * mixtīcius , f. L. mixtus , pp. of miscēre MIX .
Latin American Wars of Independence
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Spanish, which rested on a mutual wariness of the Indian, mestizo, and African majorities, ensured that a number of major revolts...y Costilla. Hidalgo succeeded in mobilizing the Indian and mestizo population of central Mexico, killing at least 2,000 peninsulares...
Honduras
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...light industry. History The native inhabitants of Honduras are mestizo Indians. One of the lieutenants of Hernan CORTÉS...6%; other (mostly Protestant) 5.4% Ethnic Groups: Mestizo 89.9%; Amerindian 6.7%; Black (including Black Carib...
Indian Trade and Traders
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...European and Cantonese fur market, making the occupation of the white or mixed-blood (m é tis or French-Indian and mestizo or Spanish-Indian) trader a common occupational type on all national and ethnic frontiers in North America. Each had government...
Tupac Amarú
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...his links to the INCA royal dynasty to develop an Indian base of support and his Spanish connections to attract Creole and Mestizo people to his reformist political movement that espoused Inca nationalism, fairer taxes, better courts, and a more open...
Uruguay
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Roman Catholic 60.0%; Jewish 2.0%; Protestant 2.0% Ethnic Groups: European (Spanish/Italian) 90.0%; Mestizo 3.0%; Jewish 2.0%; mixed 2.0% Languages: Spanish (official) International Organizations: UN; OAS
Morelos y Pavón, José María
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Morelos y Pavón, José María (1765–1815) Mexican mestizo priest and leader of the revolution against Spain. Joining the insurrection in 1810, he led a successful campaign in the south...
Panama
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Religions: Roman Catholic 84.0%; Protestant 4.8%; Muslim 4.5%; Baha'i 1.1%; Hindu 0.3% Ethnic Groups: Mestizo 62.0%; Black and mixed 19.0%; White 10.0%; Amerindian 6.0%; Asian 2.0% Languages: Spanish (official...
Chile
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Religions: Roman Catholic 80.7%; atheist and non-religious 12.8%; Protestant 6.1%; Jewish 0.2% Ethnic Groups: Mestizo 91.6%; Amerindian (mostly Araucarian) 6.8%; others (mainly European) 1.6% Languages: Spanish (official...
Angola
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...8%; traditional beliefs 9.5% Ethnic Groups: Ovimbundu 37.2%; Mbundu 21.6%; Kongo 13.2%; Portuguese and Mestizo 1% Languages: Portuguese (official); Umbundu; African Bantu languages International Organizations: UN; OAU; Non...

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A major player in today's immigration debate the Mestizo/El mestizo deber ser incluído en el debate inmigratorio
Newspaper article from: La Voz Nueva; 7/5/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...This somewhat estranged offspring is the Mestizo. My Oxford Dictionary describes the word Mestizo when referring to a person as an individual...insufficient because in the larger sense, the Mestizo is really the offspring of every color and...
Registration of `Mestizo' Pinto Bean.
Magazine article from: Crop Science; 9/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; `Mestizo' pinto bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L...semi-arid highlands of Mexico. Pinto Mestizo, tested as PT91325, was derived from...entered into replicated trials in 1993. Mestizo was tested extensively in 35 environments...
Mestizo Logics: Anthropology of Identity in Africa and Elsewhere.(Review)
Magazine article from: Africa; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; JEAN-LOUP AMSELLE, Mestizo Logics: anthropology of identity in...elsewhere, trans. Claudia Royal, Mestizo Spaces/Espaces metisses series, Stanford...224 pp., ISBN 0 8047 2431 8. When Mestizo Logics originally appeared in 1990...
GEMS OF HISTORY: Mestizo River in Vigan tells of links to Chinese
Newspaper article from: The Manila Times; 5/27/2008; ; 592 words ; ...There is a street in San Nicolas, Manila, named "Mestizo." It is located along San Fernando Street near Madrid...explains why there is an Alcaiceria Street beside Mestizo Street. Mestizo Street was obviously so named because of the many...
MESTIZO MISSES THE MIX.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 8/20/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...Denver Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer MESTIZO GRILL Grade: C- Where: 303 16th St...InsideDenver.com keyword: dining A mestizo is something of mixed blood, generally...American Indian and South American cultures. Mestizo Grill, on the other hand, is merely...
MESTIZO ARTS AND ACTIVISM PROJECT PRESENTS RESEARCH
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/13/2008; 690 words ; ...high school students participating in the Mestizo Arts and Activism project - an interdisciplinary...change. On Wednesday, Nov. 19, the Mestizo Arts and Activism youth research team...community-based research projects at the Mestizo Coffeehouse (631 W North Temple). The...
Mestizo Worship, A Pastoral Approach to Liturgical Ministry.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Catholic Education; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...LITURGICAL PRESS, 1998 $15.95, 106 pages Mestizo Worship is an important reflection for...offer a three-part thematic approach in Mestizo Worship that explores the significance...new people of the land would now be the mestizo people--la raza--and the new Christianity...
Radical Mestizo: Por la diversidad y la agitacion.(El Angel)
Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México); 4/21/2002; 700+ words ; ...Londres o Nueva York; sin embargo, el rock mestizo es, desde mediados de los aos 90, una...me discutir que el rock siempre ha sido mestizo y, para que quede claro, habr que mencionar...ideolgica. Hablemos entonces de "radical mestizo", apelativo que un servidor invent para...
Soma Mestizo; INTERIM GOVERNMENT
Newspaper article from: Pittsburgh City Paper; 5/26/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...To Pittsburgh organic trance band Soma Mestizo, much like the indigenous and pagan traditions...texture." Since 2000's Peep Show, Soma Mestizo has become a fixture on several fronts...www.firethistime.com), found Soma Mestizo's Web site through a Canadian journalist...
Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphism in the Indian and mestizo populations of Mexico
Magazine article from: Human Biology; 2/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...polymorphism frequency in healthy Mexican Mestizo, Huastec, Mayo, and Mayan populations...allele frequencies in Asian populations, Mestizo and Huastec allele frequencies were significantly...eNOS Glu298Asp polymorphism in Indian and Mestizo populations of Mexico is related to the...