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The word comes from an indigenous Mexican/Native word coming from the Nahuatl (Aztec) word for “native.” Here is a definition according to the scholastic Handbook of Texas: "According to one [explanation], the pre-Columbian tribes (Aztecs) in Mexico called themselves Meshicas, and the Spaniards, employing the letter x (which at that time represented a “sh” and “ch” sound), spelled it Mexicas. The Indians later referred to themselves as Meshicanos and even as Shicanos, thus [giving birth] to the term Chicano." Therefore, the term stuck to all Americans of Mexican decent. Sometimes, the word “Chicano” can be applied to a Mexican national who was brought to the [United States] at a very early age and adapted the “Chicano” lifestyle.
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