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.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Mestizo canonical	3
Mestizo Colombians	2
Indo-Hispano	1
Mestizo Mexicans	1
Mestizo people	1
Mestiço	1

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 peoples of the Americas ⓘ surface form: Indigenous American peoples Portuguese people ⓘ Spaniards ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Spanish language
hasReligion	Protestantism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ syncretic indigenous-Christian religions ⓘ
historicallyMajorityIn	Andean region ⓘ surface form: 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 (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Latin America → majorEthnicGroup → Mestizo ⓘ

Northern Mexico → hasEthnicGroup → Mestizo ⓘ

Mexican people → majorEthnicSubgroup → Mestizo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mestizo Mexicans

Gustavo Gaviria → ethnic group → Mestizo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mestizo Colombians

Cândido Portinari → notableWork → Mestizo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mestiço

Cauca → containsEthnicGroup → Mestizo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mestizo Colombians

Hispano → selfIdentification → Mestizo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indo-Hispano

Stann Creek District → ethnicGroup → Mestizo ⓘ

Belizean people → ethnicComponent → Mestizo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mestizo people