Central American

British  

adjective

1. of or relating to Central America or its inhabitants

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Central America

Example Sentences

At UCLA, professors in the Chicana/o and Central American Studies program — its founding dates to a 1993 hunger strike modeled after ones Chávez did — voted to remove his name from the department.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

Castro, in her lengthy post on X, also said she had signed a decree passed by the Central American country's legislature demanding a recount of the November 30 presidential election.

From Barron's • Jan. 11, 2026

But while American forces removed Gen. Manuel Noriega and extradited him to face U.S. drug charges, the operation in the tiny Central American country led to the installation of a new government in days.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

Central American migrants have seen all manner of hardline policies against them over the years, he adds – both by regional governments and by Washington.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

In earlier work, Neel had combined data from multiple sources to estimate that two related groups of Central American Indians had split off from each other eight thousand to ten thousand years before.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann