mexicano
/mexiˈkano/ · B1 · adj
Mexican
🇲🇽🌮 mexicano = México + -ano, the same ending as americano
México comes from Mexica, the Nahua people who founded Tenochtitlan. The -ano ending forms adjectives of origin, as in italiano and americano. The x was once said like sh; modern Spanish says it like a throaty j.