<sod>Mestizo is a term traditionally used in [[Spain]] and [[Hispanic America|Spanish America]] to mean a person of combined [[Ethnic groups in Europe|European]] and [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Amerindian]] descent, or someone who would have been deemed a [[Castizo]] (one European parent and one Mestizo parent) regardless if the person was born in [[Latin America]] or elsewhere. The term was used as an ethnic/racial category in the [[casta]] system that was in use during the [[Spanish Empire]]'s control of their New World colonies. Mestizos are usually considered to be mixed Spaniards by the crown of Spain.<ref name="Ethnic Groups in Venezuela">{{cite web|url=http://countrystudies.us/venezuela/17.htm|title=Venezuela - ETHNIC GROUPS|publisher=|accessdate=29 March 2015}}</ref> It is usually used to describe anyone born in the Americas whose ancestry was a mixture of European, Amerindian, and Black African.<ref name="LAS CASTAS EN LA SOCIEDAD COLONIAL VENEZOLANA">http://www.eldesafiodelahistoria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=193:silvio-di-bernardo&catid=94:publicate&Itemid=129</ref>{{refn|In [[Saint Barthélemy]], the term mestizo refers to people of mixed European (usually French) and East Asian ancestry.<ref name=SaintBarts1>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tb.html |title=Saint Barthelemy: People and Society |date=13 September 2012|work=The World Factbook |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |accessdate=19 November 2012}}</ref>|group=note}} The [[Spanish language|Spanish]] word {{lang|es|''mestizo''}} is from [[Latin]] ''mixticius'', meaning mixed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mestizo|title=mestizo|year=2008|work=Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary|publisher=Merriam-Webster, Incorporated|quote=a person of mixed blood; specifically: a person of mixed European and American Indian indigenous ancestry }}</ref><ref name="dictionary.reference.com">{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mestizo|title=Mestizo - Define Mestizo at Dictionary.com|work=Dictionary.com|accessdate=29 March 2015}}</ref> In [[Spanish language|Spanish]] the word is used for the general process of mixing ancestries. In [[English language|English]] the term is [[miscegenation]]. Its usage has been documented as early as 1275, to refer to the offspring of an [[Egypt]]ian and a [[Jew]].<ref name="AlfonsoX-p261R">{{cite book|author=Alfonso X|title=General Estoria. Primera parte|location=Spain|year=1275|page=261R|website=http://corpus.rae.es/cordenet.html}}</ref> This term was first documented in [[English language|English]] in 1582.<ref name="Herbst-p.144">{{cite book|last=Herbst|first=Philip|title=The Color of Words: An Encyclopædic Dictionary of Ethnic Bias in the United States|publisher=Intercultural Press|location=Yarmouth|year=1997|isbn=978-1-877864-42-1|page=144}}</ref><eod>
<sod>Mestizo is a term traditionally used in [[Spain]] and [[Hispanic America|Spanish America]] to mean a person of combined [[Ethnic groups in Europe|European]] and [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Amerindian]] descent, or someone who would have been deemed a [[Castizo]] (one European parent and one Mestizo parent) regardless if the person was born in [[Latin America]] or elsewhere. The term was used as an ethnic/racial category in the [[casta]] system that was in use during the [[Spanish Empire]]'s control of their New World colonies. Mestizos are usually considered to be mixed Spaniards by the crown of Spain.<ref name="Ethnic Groups in Venezuela">{{cite web|url=http://countrystudies.us/venezuela/17.htm|title=Venezuela - ETHNIC GROUPS|publisher=|accessdate=29 March 2015}}</ref> It is usually used to describe anyone born in the Americas whose ancestry was a mixture of European, Amerindian, and Black African.<ref name="LAS CASTAS EN LA SOCIEDAD COLONIAL VENEZOLANA">http://www.eldesafiodelahistoria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=193:silvio-di-bernardo&catid=94:publicate&Itemid=129</ref>{{refn|In [[Saint Barthélemy]], the term mestizo refers to people of mixed European (usually French) and East Asian ancestry.<ref name=SaintBarts1>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tb.html |title=Saint Barthelemy: People and Society |date=13 September 2012|work=The World Factbook |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |accessdate=19 November 2012}}</ref>|group=note}} The [[Spanish language|Spanish]] word {{lang|es|''mestizo''}} is from [[Latin]] ''mixticius'', meaning mixed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mestizo|title=mestizo|year=2008|work=Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary|publisher=Merriam-Webster, Incorporated|quote=a person of mixed blood; specifically: a person of mixed European and American Indian indigenous ancestry }}</ref><ref name="dictionary.reference.com">{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mestizo|title=Mestizo - Define Mestizo at Dictionary.com|work=Dictionary.com|accessdate=29 March 2015}}</ref> In [[Spanish language|Spanish]] the word is used for the general process of mixing ancestries. In [[English language|English]] the term is [[miscegenation]]. Its usage has been documented as early as 1275, to refer to the offspring of an [[Egypt]]ian and a [[Jew]].<ref name="AlfonsoX-p261R">{{cite book|author=Alfonso X|title=General Estoria. Primera parte|location=Spain|year=1275|page=261R|url=http://corpus.rae.es/cordenet.html}}</ref> This term was first documented in [[English language|English]] in 1582.<ref name="Herbst-p.144">{{cite book|last=Herbst|first=Philip|title=The Color of Words: An Encyclopædic Dictionary of Ethnic Bias in the United States|publisher=Intercultural Press|location=Yarmouth|year=1997|isbn=978-1-877864-42-1|page=144}}</ref><eod>