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  2. UK Independence Party - Wikipedia

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    The UK Independence Party (UKIP, / ˈ juː k ɪ p / ⓘ YOO-kip) is a Eurosceptic, right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. The party reached its greatest level of success in the mid-2010s, when it gained two members of parliament (both through defections) and was the largest party representing the UK in the European Parliament.

  3. List of Mexican state name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Spanish: Named after Andrés Quintana Roo, a hero from the War of Independence. San Luis Potosí: Spanish: Named after Louis IX, and the mines of Potosí in Bolivia. Sinaloa: Mayo: sinalobola: Origin of name is disputed. May mean "round pitahaya (cacti)" or "cut corn" [8] Sonora: Opata [9] xunuta [9] "In the place of the corn". [9] Tabasco ...

  4. French Mexicans - Wikipedia

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    French Mexicans (French: Franco-Mexicains, Spanish: franco-mexicanos or Spanish: galo-mexicanos) are Mexican citizens of full or partial French ancestry. French nationals make up the second largest European immigrant group in Mexico, after Spaniards .

  5. List of English–Spanish interlingual homographs - Wikipedia

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    The cognates in the table below share meanings in English and Spanish, but have different pronunciation. Some words entered Middle English and Early Modern Spanish indirectly and at different times. For example, a Latinate word might enter English by way of Old French, but enter Spanish directly from Latin. Such differences can introduce ...

  6. Hispanic, Latino or Latinx? Here are the differences ... - AOL

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    This includes people from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central and South America and Brazil, but excludes people from Spain. The census uses two separate questions : one for Hispanic or Latino ...

  7. Britons in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    The first great power that recognized the independence of Mexico was the United Kingdom in 1824, shortly after the sale of mines from Pachuca and Real del Monte occurred. [citation needed] The majority of migrants to this region came from what is now termed the Cornish "central mining district" of Camborne and Redruth. Real del Monte's steep ...

  8. Name of Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Antique map of New Spain also called Mexico, 1708. Anahuac (meaning land surrounded by water) was the name in Nahuatl given to what is now Mexico during Pre-colonial times. When the Spanish conquistadors besieged México-Tenochtitlan in 1521, it was almost completely destroyed.

  9. Pocho - Wikipedia

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    In addition to Americans of Mexican descent, pocho is also used colloquially in Mexico in reference to Mexicans who have emigrated and are perceived to have excessively adopted the customs of their adopted countries. [1] In both uses, lack of fluency in the Spanish language is considered characteristic of pochos. [4] [5]