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List of terms for multiraciality

This is a list of terms used worldwide for various types, kinds and degrees of multiracial background. Note many of these are offensive.

Many of these refer to specific mixed-race combinations only, and are not general terms for 'mixed race': for example Métis refers to a specific ethnic group of First Nation-European ancestry.

• Amerasian
• Biracial
• Coloured
• Euroasiatic (or Eurasian)
• Half-breed
• Half-caste
• Hapas
• Mestizo
• Métis
• Mixed race
• Mulatto
• Multiracial
• Pardo
• Octoroon
• Quadroon
• Zambo

In Spanish America, very detailed vocabulary and charts were developed marking the proportions of White, Negro and Amerindian blood of an individual.

External link

• Names for MixedFolks

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