Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Vocabulary from "Ending Poem"

Mestiza-> a woman of mixed racial ancestry, especially of mixed European and Native American ancestry

Diaspora-> the dispersion of Jews outside of Israel from the sixth century BC, when they were exiled to Babylonia, until the present time

Jibaro-> a rural inhabitant of Puerto Rico

Shtetl-> a small Jewish town or village formerly found throughout Eastern Europe

Forbears-> ancestors

Caribeña-> a person from the Caribbean region

Bóricua-> people of Puerto Rican descent

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