English Explanatory Dictionary

Latin America

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. Those parts of the Americas which speak Romance (Latin-derived) languages, namely Spanish, Portuguese, French, or creoles based on these.
  2. A continental region consisting of those parts of the Americas located south of the United States where Spanish or Portuguese is predominantly spoken; sometimes including areas speaking French or French-based creoles.
  3. Ibero-America (excluding all French-speaking areas).
  4. umbrella term for South America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean (including English and Dutch-speaking areas).

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Latin America.wav

Word forms

Latin America

Etymology

Calque of French Amérique latine. Thought to be coined by French Emperor Napoleon III.

Related words

latino Latin American Central America Ibero-America North America South America

Translations

Afrikaans: Latyns-Amerika Albanian: Amerika Latine Amharic: ላቲን አሜሪካ Arabic: أَمْرِيكَا اَللَّاتِينِيَّة Armenian: Լատինական Ամերիկա Azerbaijani: Latın Amerikası Belarusian: Лаці́нская Аме́рыка Bengali: লাতিন আমেরিকা Breton: Amerika Latin Bulgarian: Лати́нска Аме́рика Burmese: လက်တင်အမေရိက Catalan: Amèrica Llatina Catalan: Llatinoamèrica Cherokee: ᎳᏘᏂ ᎠᎹᏰᏟ Chinese Mandarin: 拉丁美洲 Chinese Mandarin: 拉美 Czech: Latinská Amerika Danish: Latinamerika Dutch: Latijns-Amerika Esperanto: Latinameriko Estonian: Ladina-Ameerika Faroese: Latínamerika Finnish: Latinalainen Amerikka Finnish: Lattarit French: Amérique latine Galician: Latinoamérica Galician: América Latina Georgian: ლათინური ამერიკა German: Lateinamerika Greek: Λατινική Αμερική Hebrew: אמריקה הלטינית Hindi: लातिन अमेरिका Hungarian: Latin-Amerika Icelandic: Rómanska Ameríka Irish: Meiriceá Laidineach Italian: America latina Japanese: ラテンアメリカ Kazakh: Латын Америкасы Khmer: អាមេរិកឡាទីន Korean: 라틴 아메리카 Kyrgyz: Латын Америкасы Lao: ອາເມລິກາລາແຕັງ Latvian: Latīņamerika Lithuanian: Lotynų Amerika
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