There are many theories on the origin of the word "chilango". One of them is that it derives from the
Nahuatl word Ixachitlān, that actually refers to the whole of the
American continent. The word "shilango" has also been documented to have been used in the
Veracruz area to mean people from central Mexico, and coming from the
Maya "xilaan" meaning curly or frizzy haired. Yet another theory is that it comes from the
Nahuatl "chilan-co", meaning where the red ones are, and referring to the skin, reddened by the cold, and used to refer to
Aztecs by the
Nahua people in the
Gulf of Mexico. ==See also==