Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An old Spanish dance, said to have been introduced by the Moors, and to be the source of the fandango, the chaconne, the cachucha, the bolero, etc.
  • noun Same as chico.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A red coloring matter. extracted from the Bignonia Chica, used by some tribes of South American Indians to stain the skin.
  • noun A fermented liquor or beer made in South American from a decoction of maize.
  • noun A popular Moorish, Spanish, and South American dance, said to be the original of the fandango, etc.

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  • noun North America, informal A Latin-American girl; a Latina.

Etymologies

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Spanish

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Examples

  • (Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner

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  • (Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner

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  • (Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner

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  • (Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner

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  • (Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner

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  • (Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner

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  • (Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner

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  • (Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner

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  • (Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner

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  • (Of course, the phenomenon of the "casa chica" is well known to me and most people who've spent any time in Mexico.) gpkisner

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