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Yes. The word paisano is a Scrabble US word. The word paisano is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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7-letter words (3 found)

ANOPIAS,ANOPSIA,PAISANO,

6-letter words (3 found)

ANOPIA,PAISAN,PIANOS,

5-letter words (18 found)

ANOAS,APIAN,INSPO,NAPAS,NIPAS,OPSIN,PAANS,PAINS,PAISA,PIANO,PIANS,PINAS,PIONS,PSION,PSOAI,SAPAN,SPAIN,SPINA,

4-letter words (36 found)

AIAS,AINS,ANAS,ANIS,ANOA,ANSA,APOS,APSO,IONS,ISNA,NAOI,NAOS,NAPA,NAPS,NIPA,NIPS,OPAS,PAAN,PAIN,PAIS,PANS,PIAN,PIAS,PINA,PINS,PION,PISO,POAS,POIS,PONS,SAIN,SNAP,SNIP,SOAP,SPAN,SPIN,

3-letter words (39 found)

AAS,AIA,AIN,AIS,ANA,ANI,ANS,APO,ASP,INS,ION,IOS,ISO,NAP,NAS,NIP,NIS,NOS,OIS,ONS,OPA,OPS,PAN,PAS,PIA,PIN,PIS,POA,POI,POS,PSI,SAI,SAN,SAP,SIN,SIP,SON,SOP,SPA,

2-letter words (18 found)

AA,AI,AN,AS,IN,IO,IS,NA,NO,OI,ON,OP,OS,PA,PI,PO,SI,SO,

You can make 117 words from paisano according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of paisano

paisano

Alternative forms

  • paisan

Etymology

From Neapolitan and Spanish paisano, Italian paesano, French paysan. Doublet of peasant.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /paɪˈzɑ.noʊ/, /paɪˈsɑ.noʊ/

Noun

paisano (plural paisanos)

  1. Among Italian Americans and Americans of Italian descent: a fellow Italian or Italian-American; a fellow ethnic Italian.
  2. A native, especially a native of California of mixed Spanish and American Indian ancestry.
  3. (US, Southwestern US) A roadrunner.

Anagrams

  • anopias, anopsia

Cebuano

Alternative forms

  • sano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish paisano, from Old French païsan, from Latin pagus (“countryside”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pa‧i‧sa‧no
  • IPA(key): /pajˈsano/, [paɪ̯ˈs̪a.n̪ɔ]

Noun

paisano

  1. a fellow countryman; a compatriot

Galician

Etymology

Ultimately from Old French païsan, itself from Latin pagus (“countryside”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pai̯ˈsanʊ]

Noun

paisano m (plural paisanos, feminine paisana, feminine plural paisanas)

  1. a fellow countryman
  2. a peasant (someone who lives in the countryside)

References

  • “paisano” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “paisano” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “paisano” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Neapolitan

Noun

paisano

  1. a fellow countryman or compatriot

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French païsan, itself from Latin pagus (“countryside”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paiˈsano/ [pai̯ˈsa.no]
  • Rhymes: -ano
  • Syllabification: pai‧sa‧no

Noun

paisano m (plural paisanos, feminine paisana, feminine plural paisanas)

  1. a fellow countryman
  2. a peasant (someone who lives in the countryside)
  3. (Jewish) a fellow Jew

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “paisano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org