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latino

[luh-tee-noh, la-]

Origin

noun, plural -nos.

a person of Latin-American or Spanish-speaking descent.

Also, la·ti·no.

Origin:
1945–50, Americanism; < American Spanish, special use of Spanish latino Latin, perhaps by ellipsis from latinoamericano Latin-American

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Latino (læˈtiːnəʊ)

—n , pl -nos
	(US) an inhabitant of the US who is of Latin American origin

La'tina

—*fem n*

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Latino

"male Latin inhabitant of the United States" (fem. Latina), 1946, Amer.Eng., from Amer.Sp., shortening of Latinoamericano "Latin-American." As an adj., attested from 1974.

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