Latin American

[ lat-n uh-mer-i-kuhn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Latin America or its inhabitants.

noun

1. a citizen or resident of Latin America.

Latin American

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Latin America

adjective

1. of or relating to Latin America or its inhabitants

Word History and Origins

Origin of Latin American¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

In the annals of 21st-century Latin American religion, it was a historic moment.

From The Daily Beast

Could you imagine the United States taking in a like number of Latin American refugees?

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Having been raised in a Latin American country, I had some understanding of it.

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Apparently, the sexually suggestive choreography and aggressive twerking was viewed as a threat to the Latin American nation.

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Junta is usually a term that refers to what goes on in Latin American countries.

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So far we have not made great progress in securing Europe's Latin-American trade.

From Project Gutenberg

The legislators, the reporters, many of the Latin American diplomats in the visitors' gallery took up the words.

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In the center of the town the houses are covered with painted plaster and are in the usual Latin-American style.

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Among this Spanish-speaking people quite a business was done by Latin-American storekeepers.

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He wanted to know whether Mr. Tanner was right in saying that the Latin-American question was much the same everywhere.

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