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Latin America en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌlæ.tɪ.nəˈmɛ.ɹɪ.kə/
  • /ˌlæ.tə.nəˈmɛ.ɹə.kə/ weak vowel merger
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (in practice rare, literally) Those parts of the Americas which speak Romance (Latin-derived) languages, namely Spanish, Portuguese, French, or creoles based on these.
  2. (qualifier:most often) 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.
    • Young Indians looking for work opportunities have made up a sizeable portion of undocumented migrants in the US, many after making the dangerous trek through Latin America to reach the US southern border. 2025 February 7, Esha Mitra, Aishwarya S Iyer and Ross Adkin, “‘Treated like criminals’: Shackling of Indians aboard 40-hour migrant flight sparks new outrage against Trump”, in CNN:
  3. (broadly, qualifier:by narrowing) Ibero-America (excluding all French-speaking areas).
  4. (broadly, qualifier:by broadening) umbrella term for South America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean (including English and Dutch-speaking areas).

Relateds

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

Translations (77)

ca Amèrica Llatina (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · cs Latinská Amerika (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · vi Mỹ Latinh (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · te లాటిన్ అమెరికా (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · ro America Latină (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · de Lateinamerika (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · ms Amerika Latin (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · ko 라틴 아메리카 (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · es América Latina (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · tg Амрикои Лотинӣ (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · be Лаці́нская Аме́рыка (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · ca Llatinoamèrica (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · ug لاتىن ئامېرىكا (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · si ලතින් ඇමරිකාව (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · sv Latinamerika (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · ar أَمْرِيكَا اَللَّاتِينِيَّة (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · nn Latin-Amerika (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · uz Lotin Amerikasi (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · eo Latinameriko (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · lv Latīņamerika (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · tl Amerikang Latino (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · am ላቲን አሜሪካ (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · pt América Latina (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · he אמריקה הלטינית (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · chr ᎳᏘᏂ ᎠᎹᏰᏟ (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · sh Латинска Америка (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · sh Latinska Amerika (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · nl Latijns-Amerika (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · hy Լատինական Ամերիկա (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · pl Ameryka Łacińska (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · es Latinoamérica (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · gl América Latina (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · ka ლათინური ამერიკა (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · ur لاطینی امریکہ (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · ru Лати́нская Аме́рика (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · is Rómanska Ameríka (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · fi Lattarit (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · sq Amerika Latine (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · mn Латин Америк (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · lt Lotynų Amerika (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · my လက်တင်အမေရိက (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · tk Latin Amerikasy (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · sl Latinska Amerika (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · hi लातिन अमेरिका (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · el Λατινική Αμερική (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · ga Meiriceá Laidineach (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · th ละตินอเมริกา (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · gl Latinoamérica (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · km អាមេរិកឡាទីន (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · yo Amẹ́ríkà Látìnì (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · sw Amerika ya Kilatini (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · nb Latin-Amerika (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · hu Latin-Amerika (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · et Ladina-Ameerika (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · tt Латин Америкасы (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · sk Latinská Amerika (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · cmn 拉美 (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · da Latinamerika (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · cmn 拉丁美洲 (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · kk Латын Америкасы (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · fr Amérique latine (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · mk Лати́нска Аме́рика (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · uk Лати́нська Аме́рика (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · it America latina (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · fi Latinalainen Amerikka (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · ky Латын Америкасы (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · bg Лати́нска Аме́рика (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · fa آمریکای لاتین (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · fo Latínamerika (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · lo ອາເມລິກາລາແຕັງ (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · az Latın Amerikası (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · bn লাতিন আমেরিকা (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · af Latyns-Amerika (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · ja ラテンアメリカ (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · br Amerika Latin (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · tr Latin Amerika (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese) · cy America Ladin (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese)