mestizos
Mixed European-Indigenous descendants
Mestizos is the plural of mestizo, a person of mixed European and Indigenous American ancestry.
The term originated in Spanish colonial societies to classify people in racial hierarchies, and remains current in Latin America and the Philippines: Most Mexicans identify as mestizos.
The classification carries complex historical weight—sometimes embraced as national identity, sometimes rejected as a colonial imposition.
Of multiple ethnicities
- mulattoesPersons of mixed ancestry
- mulattoMixed-race person, archaic
- creoleNativized pidgin tongue
- mixed heritageDiverse ancestral origins
biracial · pluralism · multiculturalism · mosaic · melting-pot
Spanish colonial soldiers
- encomiendaForced indigenous labor grant
- haciendasSpanish colonial estates
- castaColonial racial taxonomy
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
Spanish · Portuguese · cacique · viceroyalty · repartimiento · colonial · miscegenation · racial hierarchy
Uto-Aztecan language of Mexico
- QuechuaAndean indigenous language family
- GuaraniParaguayan indigenous people and language
- AztecsPre-Columbian Mexican empire
- MayansPre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilization
Incas · Amerindian · indigenous · native peoples · pre-Columbian · Mesoamerican · Andean
Family line of descent
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- descendantsThose who come after
intermarriage · mixed-blood · family history · roots · forebears · pedigree · parentage
Claiming an identity label
- belongingState of fitting in
- self-conceptOne's own identity perception
- ethnic prideValuing one's heritage group
- cholosLatino gang-affiliated youth
Chicano · Latino · Hispanic · brown pride · mixed-race identity
Blending of different traditions
- hybridityMixed-origin quality
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- creolizationPidgin maturing into mother tongue
- amalgamationUniting into one
intermingling · convergence · synthesis · Día de los Muertos · culinary fusion · musical fusion
multiracial
Of multiple ethnicities
mixed heritage · biracial · pluralism · multiculturalism · mosaic · melting-pot
conquistadors
Spanish colonial soldiers
- encomiendaForced indigenous labor grant
- haciendasSpanish colonial estates
- castaColonial racial taxonomy
colonization · Spanish · Portuguese · cacique · viceroyalty · repartimiento · colonial · miscegenation · racial hierarchy · blood purity
Nahuatl
Uto-Aztecan language of Mexico
- QuechuaAndean indigenous language family
- GuaraniParaguayan indigenous people and language
- AztecsPre-Columbian Mexican empire
Mayans · Incas · Amerindian · indigenous · native peoples · pre-Columbian · Mesoamerican · Andean
ancestry
Family line of descent
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- lineageDescent from progenitors
descendants · intermarriage · mixed-blood · family history · roots · forebears · pedigree · parentage
self-identification
Claiming an identity label
- belongingState of fitting in
- self-conceptOne's own identity perception
- ethnic prideValuing one's heritage group
cholos · Chicano · Latino · Hispanic · brown pride · mixed-race identity
cultural fusion
Blending of different traditions
- hybridityMixed-origin quality
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- creolizationPidgin maturing into mother tongue
amalgamation · intermingling · convergence · synthesis · Día de los Muertos · culinary fusion · musical fusion
- peoplesAmericans, British, Chinese, French, Germans
- Argentine Peoplecriollo, gaucho, gauchos, Guarani, Quechua
- Spanish coloniesSpanish conquest, Spanish crown, viceroys, viceroyalties, Spanish colony
- Colonial BrazilBrazil, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Sao Paulo
- Colonial La PlataBuenos Aires, Montevideo, viceroyalty, Spanish colony, colonial era
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
mestizospurebloods
Those of unmixed descent
Europeans · full-blooded · Spaniards · unmixed · purebred