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A term derived from the Italian melenzane meaning "eggplant." It often is used as a derogatory term to describe black people. The term is of Neapolitan origin not Sicilian origin as some on here have stated. The Sicilian word sounds more like "milinciana" or mill-in-chyan-ah.
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