Latina

or la·ti·na

[ luh-tee-nuh, la- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of or relating to females of Latin American origin or descent, especially those living in the United States: She will be the company’s first Latina CEO.
My mother is Latina.
She will be the company’s first Latina CEO.

a woman of Latin American origin or descent, especially one living in the United States.

Latina

/ laˈtiːna /

a city in W central Italy, in Lazio: built as a planned town in 1932 on reclaimed land of the Pontine Marshes. Pop: 107 898 (2001) Former name (until 1947)Littoria

Origin of Latina¹

First recorded in 1970–75; from Spanish (United States), feminine of Latino

A memorial service will be held in Latina Friday, November 28th, 2014.

These numbers are more surprising considering that Buono chose a Latina as her running mate, labor leader Milly Silva.

Yes, she is a Latina, but her racial identity has been appropriated by corporate power to push a “safe” image of Hispanic culture.

Nina Strochlic on how a plane crash ended the life of a star who planned to become the Latina Oprah.

The Latina star was making bold moves in the world of TV and film.

Dictionariolum puerorum, tribus linguis, Latina, Anglica et Gallica conscriptum.

An edition of the even more successful Bibliotheca latina was begun in 1773 and remained incomplete.

Nec Græca longe distat, Japheticæ sunt omnes; ergo et ipsa Latina.

In 1903 a new cemetery with frescoes came to light on the Via Latina, considered by Marucchi to have belonged to a heretical sect.

Hic in divinis agendis multum devotus et lingua Graeca et Latina valde eruditus.

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