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Latin America

[ lat-n uh-mer-i-kuh ]

noun

  1. the part of the American continents south of the United States in which Spanish, Portuguese, or French is officially spoken.


Latin America

noun

  1. those areas of America whose official languages are Spanish and Portuguese, derived from Latin: South America, Central America, Mexico, and certain islands in the Caribbean
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Latin America

  1. A term applied to all of the Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking nations south of the United States.
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Other yvlog Forms

  • Latin A·meri·can adjective noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of Latin America1

First recorded in 1890–95
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Example Sentences

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His work in Romania led him to cover a credit-card skimming operation in Latin America.

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Latin America's biggest economy, Brazil, approved a law in congress on Wednesday - the Economic Reciprocity Law - to counter the 10% tariff imposed by Trump.

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“There’s no real safe haven left,” said Michael Ahn Paarlberg, a political scientist who studies Latin America at Virginia Commonwealth University.

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He heads to his Santa Ana home, a bedroom he rents in a house with other men — all immigrants from Latin America.

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Prosecutors say his arrest in Colombia points to an increased presence of the Italian mafia in Latin America.

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