Definition of "mestiza" []

• A woman of mixed racial ancestry, especially of mixed European and Native American ancestry. (noun)

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• "The name mestiza is not inappropriate, as well from its composition as its use, since the first two are distinctly native, antedating the conquest, while the saya suelta was no doubt introduced by the Spaniards."
• "María Lionza is known as the mestiza goddess of nature, love, peace and harmony."
• "Latino is when my Chicana colleague and I invited a group of women to suggest a cover photo of a typical Latina and they responded with a number of possible images including an Afro-Latina, an Indigenous-Latina, a European-Latina, a mestiza, and a mulata."