Mestizo

E49676

ethnic group social category

Mestizo refers to people of mixed Indigenous American and European ancestry, forming a large and historically significant ethnic group across Latin America.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group → social category →
contrastedWith	African-descended groups → European → Indigenous →
developedDuring	Portuguese colonization of the Americas → Spanish colonization of the Americas →
hasAlternativeForm	mestiza →
hasAncestry	European peoples → Indigenous American peoples → Portuguese people → Spanish people →
hasCulturalInfluenceFrom	Catholic traditions → Indigenous American cultures → Portuguese culture → Spanish culture →
hasEtymologyLanguage	Spanish language →
hasEtymologyOrigin	Latin mixticius →
hasGenderForm	feminine (mestiza) → masculine →
hasHistoricalRole	intermediary group between Europeans and Indigenous peoples → participant in independence movements in Latin America →
hasLanguage	Portuguese language → Spanish language →
hasReligion	Protestantism → Roman Catholicism → syncretic indigenous-Christian religions →
historicallyMajorityIn	Andean countries → Central America → Mexico →
isDemographicMajorityIn	many Latin American countries →
isKeyComponentOf	national identity of Mexico → national identity of several Central American states →
partOf	Latin American population →
recognizedAs	ethnoracial category → racial category →
relatedConcept	European colonization of the Americas → casta system → criollo → indigenous peoples of the Americas → mulatto →
termVariesBy	country → historical period →
usedIn	Central America → Latin America → Mexico → Philippines → South America → Spanish Empire →
usedInCensus	some Latin American national censuses →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Northern Mexico →	hasEthnicGroup
Latin America →	majorEthnicGroup