paisan
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paisan noun
- (Alternate spelling of paesano, from Neapolitan language "paisano," often shortened to "paisan" or "paesan") among Italian Americans and Americans of Italian descent, a fellow Italian or Italian-American; a fellow ethnic Italian.
- A native, especially a native of California of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry.
- Roadrunner.
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paesanopaisanopaisanapavianpavanmestinopavinhispanopavanneitalian americanpatalanoitalyancriollocontadinopiaiesnon-italian
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