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Adopted into the English language in 1823, this is the Anglicized version of Diego, meaning "James". Originally used to describe Spanish or Portuguese sailors on English or American ships, the term was widend by 1900 to include non-sailors, and specifically, Italians. Use of the word to describe a person of Spanish descent is recorded from the 1610s.

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