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Colonial Spanish

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[kuh-loh-nee-uhl span-ish] / kəˈloʊ ni əl ˈspæn ɪʃ /

noun

  1. Spanish as used in New Spain during the Spanish colonization of the Americas from the 16th to the 19th century.

Etymology

Origin of Colonial Spanish

First recorded in 1885–90

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