Latinization
- a word derived from Latinize.
Example Sentences
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"The species name libererrantes is a Latinization of the highly successful K-pop group Stray Kids," explains Carolin Haug.
From Science Daily ● May 25, 2026
“Other musicians — Chick Corea, Santana or Michel Camilo, to name a few — have laid the foundations for the Latinization of American pop music,” he told the Miami Herald that year.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 30, 2021
It was this installment of the franchise that film historian Mary Beltrán called “a case study of Latinization of a mainstream film.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2021
He later named the bird for Sanders, placing an "i" at the end for the formal Latinization.
From US News ● Jul. 7, 2014
And the re-incorporation of Britain, too, into the comity of nations is concurrent with the Latinization of its speech, on which the seal was set in 1611.
From The Unity of Civilization by Various