paisano

Meaning

1. Among Italian Americans and Americans of Italian descent: a fellow Italian or Italian-American; a fellow ethnic Italian.
2. A native, especially a native of California of mixed Spanish and American Indian ancestry.
3. A roadrunner.

Synonyms

compatriot

Translations

بلدي

مُوَاطِن

paisà

compatriota

Landsmann

🅰️

πολίτης

compatriote

compatriota

connazionale

landgenoot

bewoner van een land

landgenote

bewoner van een land n een land)>

compatriòta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/paɪˈzɑ.noʊ/

Etymology

From Neapolitan and Spanish paisano, Italian paesano, French paysan. Doublet of peasant.