After 9 years of working on records, I came across "coiota" for the first time today. Thanks to a Portuguese-language web site's footnote I now know that it means media-mestiza/media-india.
But I was surprised that it was so difficult to find the meaning online -- and that I could not find a complete list of all the different caste terms used in Mexico over the centuries.
Does anyone know if there is such a list online?
Complete list of terms
Also, you can have a look here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casta
At the bottom of the page are some sources listed as well.
casta system in Mexico
Here is a good place to start, if you want to learn more about the different castas in colonial Mexico:
https://nativeheritageproject.com/2013/06/15/las-castas-spanish-racial-…
Regards
Denise
ps the website is in English