English Explanatory Dictionary

Hispanic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to Spain.
  2. Of or pertaining to the Iberian peninsula, its people, its culture or its languages.
  3. Of or relating to a Spanish-speaking people or culture, as in Latin America.
  4. mestizo.
noun
  1. A native or descendant of a Spanish-speaking country.
  2. A person of Spanish ancestry.
  3. mestizo

Pronunciation

/hɪˈspænɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Hispanic.wav

Word forms

Hispanic more Hispanic most Hispanic Hispanics

Etymology

From Latin hispānicus, from Hispānia (“Iberia”) + -icus.

Synonyms

of Spain Iberian Hispanian Latin Latino

Related words

Hispanist Hispano- Hispanophile Hispanophilia Hispanophilic Hispanophobe Hispanophobia Hispanophobic Hispanophone Hispanophone Caribbean Hispanophonia Hispano spaniel Spanish Hispania Hispaniola Iberian Ibero- Ibero-America Ibero-American Ibero-Romance Latin Latina Latin American Latino Latinx

Derived words

Hispanicisation Hispanicise Hispanicism Hispanicity Hispanicization Hispanicize
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