Mexamerican.

Brit.

/ˌmɛksəˈmɛrᵻkə/, U.S.

/ˌmɛksəˈmɛrəkə/

Forms: 1900s– MexAmerica, 1900s– Mexamerica.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: Mex adj., proper name America.

Etymology: < Mex adj. + the name of America (see America n.). Compare earlier Mexican-American n. and adj. at Mexican n. and adj. Compounds 3.

Any part of the United States (esp. the south-west) having a large Mexican American population and a strong Mexican cultural influence.

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1978 Washington Post a1/1 A nation within a nation is emerging in the South-west... Its existence is most evident along the 1,933-mile border that the United States shares with Mexico, but it is highly visible as well in such diverse nonborder cities as Los Angeles, Phoenix, Albuquerque, Houston and Denver... Its name is MexAmerica.

1986 B. Fussell I hear Amer. Cooking p. xxxvi In the Southwest, Indians confronted conquistadors to found the hybrid desert cooking of Mexamerica.

1991 D. Rieff Los Angeles ii. ix. 165 We pulled up alongside a bus stop crowded with what looked like a cross section of Mexamerica, sturdy campesinos.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mexamerica
释义	Mexamerican. Brit. /ˌmɛksəˈmɛrᵻkə/, U.S. /ˌmɛksəˈmɛrəkə/ Forms: 1900s– MexAmerica, 1900s– Mexamerica. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: Mex adj., proper name America. Etymology: < Mex adj. + the name of America (see America n.). Compare earlier Mexican-American n. and adj. at Mexican n. and adj. Compounds 3. Any part of the United States (esp. the south-west) having a large Mexican American population and a strong Mexican cultural influence. ΚΠ 1978 Washington Post a1/1 A nation within a nation is emerging in the South-west... Its existence is most evident along the 1,933-mile border that the United States shares with Mexico, but it is highly visible as well in such diverse nonborder cities as Los Angeles, Phoenix, Albuquerque, Houston and Denver... Its name is MexAmerica. 1986 B. Fussell I hear Amer. Cooking p. xxxvi In the Southwest, Indians confronted conquistadors to found the hybrid desert cooking of Mexamerica. 1991 D. Rieff Los Angeles ii. ix. 165 We pulled up alongside a bus stop crowded with what looked like a cross section of Mexamerica, sturdy campesinos. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1978
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