English Explanatory Dictionary

Medigan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An Italian who has lost touch with their cultural heritage.
  2. A non-Italian person, particularly a white American.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Medigan.

Word forms

Medigan Medigans

Etymology

From Neapolitan americano. The first vowel is reduced to a schwa in Neapolitan and further undergoes apheresis in American Neapolitan. To American ears, Neapolitan /k/ sounds like English /ɡ/ due to Neapolitan unvoiced stops being unaspirated unlike in American English. The final vowel in Neapolitan is reduced to a schwa and is further apocopated in American Neapolitan.

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