Gringo (feminine, gringa)'s a Spanish word used in Mexico and other parts of Latin America, generally to denote people from the United States, more specifically white Americans. Although it's various anecdotal etymologies, and various connotative or interpretive meanings, its etymology's "griego", the Spanish word for "a Greek person" that serves as a colloquial shorthand for any foreign (non-Spanish) person —similar to how the English language expression "it's Greek to me" can apply to an… (More on Gringo)