Latin America

American  

[lat-n uh-mer-i-kuh] / ˈlæt n əˈmɛr ɪ kə /

noun

1. the part of the American continents south of the United States in which Spanish, Portuguese, or French is officially spoken.

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Latin America British  

noun

1. those areas of America whose official languages are Spanish and Portuguese, derived from Latin: South America, Central America, Mexico, and certain islands in the Caribbean

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Latin America Cultural  

1. A term applied to all of the Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking nations south of the United States.

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Other Word Forms

• Latin American adjective

Etymology

Origin of Latin America

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

He is based in New York, where he oversees coverage of Canada and Latin America.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sales ticked up in North America as well as in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region and in the Asia Pacific and Latin America market.

From The Wall Street Journal

At that point the company was already selling internationally, supplying customers across Latin America, Europe, Africa and the Caribbean via an export office in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal

Notably absent were Mexico, Colombia and Brazil, major players whose combined GDP accounts for 60% of Latin America’s economy.

From Salon

The state is structurally isolated from the broader U.S. system and heavily dependent on imports from Latin America, Canada, Asia and the Middle East.

From MarketWatch