Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Latin America.
- noun A person of Latin-American ancestry.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to those peoples of America that speak Romance languages: particularly applied to the nations that speak Spanish or Portuguese.
- noun A native of a Latin-American nation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Latin America.
- proper noun A native or inhabitant of Latin America.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
native orinhabitant ofLatin America , or of suchdescent . - adjective Of or relating to Latin America, its people, or its culture.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a native of Latin America
- adjective of or relating to the countries of Latin America or their people
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Examples
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He has spent the whole weekend in Cuba promoting what he calls Latin American integration.
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Cuban patriot, Jose Marti, whom he described as the Latin American man who was the first to realize the danger of Yankee imperialism.
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The 2000 election of President Vicente Fox in Mexico, which broke the 71-year hold on power of the Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI, and that of other leaders in Latin American led people to think that their work was done.
Capehart: Mexican President Calderon, the Middle East and building democracy 2011
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Over the next three years, the NetHope Academy will train 1,000 interns in Latin American and Africa.
William Brindley: Three Tech Trends Shaping a Bright Global Future William Brindley 2012
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Ms. Ramírez, always interested in Latin American art, nevertheless had to start out studying a different area, German art, because no American universities offered a course of study in art from south of the border when she was in graduate school in the 1970s.
Derivative Works No More Judith H. Dobrzynski 2012
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New currents in Latin American cinema have their showcase at this annual festival, which this year features 23 new films from 15 countries, with many directors on hand for Q&A discussions.
Listening at Latinbeat, Looking In on Ol' Blue Eyes Steve Dollar 2011
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Over the next three years, the NetHope Academy will train 1,000 interns in Latin American and Africa.
William Brindley: Three Tech Trends Shaping a Bright Global Future William Brindley 2012
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Ms. O'Grady reviews Enrique Krauze's "Redeemers: Ideas and Power in Latin America," a book that chronicles more than a century of backward steps in Latin American countries under the spell of populist left-wing leaders preaching equality and social justice.
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The 2000 election of President Vicente Fox in Mexico, which broke the 71-year hold on power of the Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI, and that of other leaders in Latin American led people to think that their work was done.
Mexican President Calderon, the Middle East and building democracy 2011
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These efforts initially seemed hopeful to both those in Latin American as well as many outside the region.
Gabriel Lerner: A Bizarre Example of When Opposites Attract : Latin America and Iran Gabriel Lerner 2011
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