Mexican
A person from the country of Mexico or of Mexican descent.
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BALTIMORE — The neat brick rowhouses of Eastern Avenue are home today to restaurants serving Mexican mojarra frita, Salvadorian tamal pizque, and almost any other Latin American dish imaginable.
A Texas man with alleged ties to a Mexican drug cartel has been convicted of buying guns, attempting to obliterate their serial numbers and having them sent south of the border: https://www.wkrg.com/news/texas-man-who…
Restaurants celebrate authentic Mexican culture and history this Cinco de Mayo https://www.newsbeep.com/us-tx/279339/ Mexican restaurant owner-chef Marco Mendoza prepares a hot molcajete, a traditional Mexican dish,…
Extremely happy for Mexican citizens, it’s great news for them.
Cosmic Battle of Puebla Talavera Mural #CincoDeMayo #Mexican #Culture #AIArt
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A person from the country of Mexico or of Mexican descent.
“BALTIMORE — The neat brick rowhouses of Eastern Avenue are home today to restaurants serving Mexican mojarra frita, Salvadorian tamal pizque, and almost any other Latin American dish imaginable.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“A Texas man with alleged ties to a Mexican drug cartel has been convicted of buying guns, attempting to obliterate their serial numbers and having them sent south of the border: https://www.wkrg.com/news/texas-man-who-bought-guns-for-cartel-convicted/”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Restaurants celebrate authentic Mexican culture and history this Cinco de Mayo https://www.newsbeep.com/us-tx/279339/ Mexican restaurant owner-chef Marco Mendoza prepares a hot molcajete, a traditional Mexican dish, at Cuernavaca’s Grill in downtown…”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Extremely happy for Mexican citizens, it’s great news for them.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Hi! Thanks for the shoutout! My sf collection Echoes and Embers: Speculative Stories features Mexican/Mexican-American/Latino characters! www.starsandsabers.com/books/echoes...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(obsolete) The Nahuatl language.
"Mexican" means: The Nahuatl language.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"Mexican" means: The Nahuatl language.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. Note the regional or dialect label (obsolete) — usage may sound odd outside that variety. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“Cosmic Battle of Puebla Talavera Mural #CincoDeMayo #Mexican #Culture #AIArt”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Felíz Cinco de Mayo ya'll! #BreakingKindSongs #MusicSky #MusicChallenge 5/5 Songs about Mexico or Mexican artists. Here's Kenny Chesney with Beer In Mexico. youtu.be/eBU8JBzovqQ?...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Leonora Carrington, British-Mexican (1917-2011), Two Dogs Howling at the Moon, 1961, graphite, gouache, and watercolor, 38 x 51 cm, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, USA”
— Bluesky· May 2026“🇲🇽More popular in the United States than in Mexico, Cinco de Mayo has become associated with the celebration of Mexican-American culture. The day generates beer sales on par with the Super Bowl. ¡Hola! #dogsofBlueSky #Hedgewatch #TheZeeZisters #ZipAndZoë”
— Bluesky· May 2026“#CincoDeMayo is actually #BattleOfPueblaDay and commemorates a #Mexican victory over #France in 1862 on #ThisYearInHistory. France subsequently took #MexicoCity and they did not fully leave #México until 1867, but the #BattleOfPuebla remains a point of pride for #Californios.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(obsolete) A Mexica; an Aztec.
Surely, nature it ſelf calls to us for this reſpect to a deity, even the very ſavage Indians may teach us this point of religion; amongſt whom we find the Mexicans, a people that had never had any intercourſe with the other three parts o…
“Do female pedophiles exist ? Trying to stay safe as a freshly 18 curly head Mexican 😭😭Controversial but I don’t think thy exist if u do 📲”
— r/teenagers· May 2026
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