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latin amer·i·ca

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Latin Americanoun

    the parts of North America and South America to the south of the United States where Romance languages are spoken

GCIDE

  1. Latin Americanoun

    That part of the American continents that speak Spanish, Portuguese, or French; the part of the American continents south of the United States.

Wiktionary

  1. Latin Americanoun

    Those parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese, Latin-derived languages: South America, Central America, Mexico, and most islands of the Carribean.

  2. Etymology: From Amérique latine thought to be coined by French Emperor Napoleon III.

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  1. latin america

    Latin America generally refers to territories in the Americas where Romance languages such as Spanish, Portuguese, and French are predominantly spoken. This includes most parts of South America, Central America, and Mexico in North America. It may also include parts of the Caribbean where Spanish and French are spoken. The term 'Latin America' is used to contrast with 'Anglo-America', which primarily includes the territories in the Americas where English is spoken.

Wikidata

  1. Latin America

    Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km², almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area. As of 2010, its population was estimated at more than 590 million and its combined GDP at 5.16 trillion United States dollars. According to Phelan, the term "Latin America" was first used in 1861 in La revue des races Latines, a magazine "dedicated to the cause of Pan-Latinism".

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Latin America

    The geographic area of Latin America in general and when the specific country or countries are not indicated. It usually includes Central America, South America, Mexico, and the islands of the Caribbean.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of latin america in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of latin america in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of latin america in a Sentence

  1. Marco Aurelio Caldas:

    This is 200 years of work of a scientific institution -- the most important one in Latin America, everything is finished. Our work, our life was all in there.

  2. J Danforth Quayle:

    I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people.

  3. Lilian Abbo:

    Twenty, thirty years ago Venezuela was one of the leading countries in Latin America and many parts of the world with free immunization programs.

  4. Ottmar Edenhofer:

    I assume it has been mentioned because many people in Latin America are quite suspicious about this market-based instrument.

  5. Cynthia Arnson:

    Macri got away from himself when commenting on the sentiment of the region, there is a deep concern about the situation in Venezuela and there is a deep dialogue about what to do, but there is also nobody calling for that tough of a line. That was an exaggeration by Macri because generally Latin America is opposed to any U.S. unilateral action.


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