mexicanus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish mexicano, from Classical Nahuatl Mēxihco. By surface analysis, Mē̆xicum +‎ -ānus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mē̆xicānus (feminine mē̆xicāna, neuter mē̆xicānum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (New Latin) Mexican; from or pertaining to Mexico
    Foederātī Statūs Mē̆xicānī
    United Mexican States
    • 1669, Roberto Morison, Hortus Regius Blesensis, page 201:
      […] flos Mexicanus flore fistuloso
      […] Mexican flower with fisulose blooms

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative mē̆xicānus mē̆xicāna mē̆xicānum mē̆xicānī mē̆xicānae mē̆xicāna
genitive mē̆xicānī mē̆xicānae mē̆xicānī mē̆xicānōrum mē̆xicānārum mē̆xicānōrum
dative mē̆xicānō mē̆xicānae mē̆xicānō mē̆xicānīs
accusative mē̆xicānum mē̆xicānam mē̆xicānum mē̆xicānōs mē̆xicānās mē̆xicāna
ablative mē̆xicānō mē̆xicānā mē̆xicānō mē̆xicānīs
vocative mē̆xicāne mē̆xicāna mē̆xicānum mē̆xicānī mē̆xicānae mē̆xicāna

Synonyms

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