Latinize
verb (used with object)
to cause to conform to the customs, traditions, beliefs, etc., of the Latins or the Latin Church.
Latinization
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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
The municipalities were powerful agents in the Latinization of the peninsula.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
