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His⋅pa⋅no

  [hi-span-oh, -spah-noh]
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–noun
Hispanic (def. 3).

Hispano-

 
a combining form representing Spain or Spanish in compound words: Hispano-American.
Origin:
< L Hispān(us) pertaining to Hispānia the Iberian Peninsula + -o-

His⋅pan⋅ic

  [hi-span-ik]
–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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His·pa·no   (hĭ-spān'ō, -spä'nō)   
n.   pl. His·pa·nos

  1. A native or resident of Spanish descent living in the southwest United States.

  2. A Hispanic.


[Short for Hispano-American, from Spanish hispano, Spanish, from Latin Hispānus, from Hispānī, the Spaniards.]
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