nepantla
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English
Noun
nepantla (uncountable)
- A concept of in-between-ness associated with Chicano and Latino people.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Northern Puebla Nahuatl
Etymology
Cf. Classical Nahuatl nepantlah (“in the middle”).
Noun
nepantla
References
- Brockway, Earl, Hershey de Brockway, Trudy, Santos Valdés, Leodegario (2018) Diccionario náhuatl del norte del estado de Puebla (Series de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas "Mariano Silva y Aceves"; 42) (in Spanish), segunda ILV edición (versión electrónica) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 100