Library / English Dictionary

HISPANIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An American whose first language is Spanish

Synonyms:

Hispanic; Hispanic American; Spanish American

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Hispanic" is a kind of...):

American (a native or inhabitant of the United States)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Hispanic"):

criollo (a Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish))

Derivation:

Hispanic (related to a Spanish-speaking people or culture)

 II. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Related to a Spanish-speaking people or culture

Example:

the Hispanic population of California is growing rapidly

Synonyms:

Hispanic; Latino

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Hispanic (an American whose first language is Spanish)

Derivation:

Hispanic (an American whose first language is Spanish)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The team collected data from 49,839 African-American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native Hawaiian, Native American and people who identified as others and were not defined by those ethnic groups.

(Study of multiethnic genomes identifies 27 genetic variants associated with disease, National Institutes of Health)

Apart from finding new genomic variants, the study assessed whether known disease associations with 8,979 established genomic variants and specific diseases in European ancestry populations could be detected in African-American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Native American populations.

(Study of multiethnic genomes identifies 27 genetic variants associated with disease, National Institutes of Health)