Paisa (disambiguation)

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Paisa can mean:

  • Paisa, a monetary unit in South Asia.
  • In Italian, "paisan" or paesan is an alternative spelling for the word paesano = "fellow countryperson" or "homeboy." Exact meanings can vary in different countries:
    • In the American southwest, a Paisa refers to someone from rural Mexico
    • Paisa is someone from the Paisa Region, a cultural region in Colombia.
    • In Ecuador, by extension, paisa is anybody from Colombia.
    • In Honduras paisa is also an inmate that does not belong to a Mara
  • Paisan is a 1946 Italian film directed by Roberto Rossellini.
    • In Southern California the term Paisa now refers to an immigrant from a foreign country. [{ L-One: Southern California Immigrant]]
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