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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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Latin American1

First recorded in 1890–95

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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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