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His⋅pan⋅ic

  [hi-span-ik]
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–adjective
1. Spanish.
2. Latin American: the United States and its Hispanic neighbors.
–noun
3. Also, Hispano. Also called Hispanic American, Hispano-American. an American citizen or resident of Spanish or Latin-American descent.
Origin:
1575–85; < L hispānicus. See Hispania, -ic

Related forms:
His⋅pan⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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Word Origin & History

Hispanic 
"pertaining to Spain" (especially ancient Spain) 1584, from L. Hispanicus, from Hispania "Iberian Peninsula," from Hispanus "Spaniard" (see Spaniard). Specific application to Sp.-speaking parts of the New World is 1889, Amer.Eng.; esp. applied since c.1972 to Sp.-speaking persons of Latin American descent living in U.S.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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