Mestizos
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Mestizos (Portuguese, Mestiço; French, métis: from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscere, "to mix") is a term of Spanish origin used to designate people of mixed European and indigenous non-European ancestry. The term has traditionally been applied mostly to those of mixed European and indigenous American Indian ancestry who inhabit the region spanning Latin America. In other regions and countries previously under Spanish, Portuguese or French colonial rule, variants of the term may also be in usage for people of other mixtures. In the Philippines, the term Mestizo originally bore the connotation of mixed Spanish and Filipino, whereas nowadays the term is used to identify individuals who are mixed indigenous Austronesian and European or any other Foreign ancestry.
Regions with significant populations
- Paraguay 95%
- El Salvador 90%
- Honduras 90%
- Panama 70%
- Nicaragua 45%
- Chile 65%
- Ecuador 65%
- Mexico 60%
- Guatemala 59%
- Colombia 58%
- Venezuela 49%
- Belize 49%
- Peru 37%
- Bolivia 30%
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