mestiza de sangley
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English
Noun
mestiza de sangley (plural mestizas de sangley)
- Alternative letter-case form of Mestiza de Sangley
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From mestiza (“mixed female”) + de (“of”) + sangley (“Chinese”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /mesˌtiθa de sanˈɡlei/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /mesˌtisa de sanˈɡlei/
- Syllabification: mes‧ti‧za de san‧gley
Noun
mestiza de sangley f (plural mestizas de sangley, masculine mestizo de sangley, masculine plural mestizos de sangley)
- (Philippines, historical) female equivalent of mestizo de sangley: A female person of mixed Chinese Filipino and ethnic Austronesian Filipino ancestry (especially during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines).
- Synonym: mestiza china
Descendants
- → English: Mestiza de Sangley
- → English: Chinese mestiza (calque)