Assertion: mestizo | /r/HasProperty | borrowed
Facets:
value: from the american colonies
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: In Guam and Northern Mariana Islands, the term "Mestizo" was borrowed from the American colonies and was formerly used to identify people of mixed Pacific Islander and Spanish ancestry; however, as the United States gained control of these islands after the Spanish-American War in 1898, the term "Multiracial" replaced "Mestizo".[citation needed]