MARIELITO


Meaning of MARIELITO in English

/mahr'ee euh lee"toh/ ; Sp. /mah'rddye lee"taw/ , n. , pl. Marielitos /-tohz/ ; Sp. /-taws/ .

a refugee from Cuba who came to the U.S. in 1980 as part of a mass migration that sailed from Mariel, Cuba.

[ -ito n. suffix, usually dim. ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .