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Etymology

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Borrowed from Mexican Spanish mexicano, from Classical Nahuatl Mēxihcah. By surface analysis, Mexicum-ānus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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mexicānus (feminine mexicāna, neuter mexicānum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (New Latin) Mexican; from or pertaining to Mexico
    • 1669, Roberto Morison, Hortus Regius Blesensis, page 201:
      [] flos Mexicanus flore fistuloso
      [] Mexican flower with fisulose blooms

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative mexicānus mexicāna mexicānum mexicānī mexicānae mexicāna
genitive mexicānī mexicānae mexicānī mexicānōrum mexicānārum mexicānōrum
dative mexicānō mexicānae mexicānō mexicānīs
accusative mexicānum mexicānam mexicānum mexicānōs mexicānās mexicāna
ablative mexicānō mexicānā mexicānō mexicānīs
vocative mexicāne mexicāna mexicānum mexicānī mexicānae mexicāna

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