Chilango

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Chilango is a Mexican name for a (male) person from Mexico City . The female equivalent is Chilanga .

history

As far as we know today, it is fairly certain that the term chilango first appeared in the state of Veracruz and is a variant of shilango , which in turn is derived from the Mayan word xilaan . Xilaan means something like "tousled hair" and was a common nickname in Veracruz for the people of central Mexico. In his book El léxico indígena en el español de México (El Colegio de México, 1969) Juan M. Lope Blanch saw this term burdened with a negative attribute.

A decade later, César Corzo Espinosa discovered the term chilango in Chiapas ( Palabras de origen indígena en el español de Chiapas , Costa Amic, 1978, p. 95f) as a Nahuatl vocabulary and, according to the author, was derived from the term “chilan-co " Which means something like " where the reds live " . This term used to be used to describe the Aztecs living in the capital region because of their red skin color by the indigenous inhabitants of the Gulf region .

While the term “chilango” used to refer to the lower class living or born in Mexico City , since the early 1990s it has generally referred to people born or resident in the capital and therefore has its original name negative attribute lost.

Others

The term also characterizes the city ​​derby between Cruz Azul and the Club Universidad Nacional , both of which are among the three most popular football clubs in Mexico City and one of the four most popular clubs in Mexico .

Other terms

Other, but less common, names for the residents of Mexico City are "capitalinos" (German capital) and " defeños " (derived from the Federal District, the official capital district).

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Diccionario de la lengua española - Vigésima segunda edición
  2. ¿Cómo se les dice a los que viven en la ciudad de México? (Spanish; article of November 4, 2008)

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