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Latina

or ±ô²¹Â·³Ù¾±Â·²Ô²¹

[ luh-tee-nuh, la- ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to females of Latin American origin or descent, especially those living in the United States: She will be the company’s first Latina CEO.

    My mother is Latina.

    She will be the company’s first Latina CEO.



noun

  1. a woman of Latin American origin or descent, especially one living in the United States.

Latina

/ ±ô²¹Ëˆ³Ù¾±Ë²Ô²¹ /

noun

  1. a city in W central Italy, in Lazio: built as a planned town in 1932 on reclaimed land of the Pontine Marshes. Pop: 107 898 (2001) Former name (until 1947)Littoria
“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
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of Latina1

First recorded in 1970–75; from Spanish (United States), feminine of Latino
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From this starting point, my investigation expanded beyond the church to incorporate other types of workplaces, finding the same struggles I saw with Black pastors in Latina professors and Asian marketers.

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A Latina marketing manager told me about the stress of being brought into pictures of teams that she wasn’t even on.

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A Latina radio personality was asked to use a voice very different from her own while on English-speaking radio.

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"She's a young Latina woman with political opinions that don't align with certain groups, who are quick to voice their anger," she said.

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But for many Latina women, she is an inspiration - the first Tejano singer to debut at the top of the Billboard chart when her posthumous crossover album, Dreaming of You, was released in 1996.

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