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LATIN AMERICAN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A native of Latin America

Synonyms:

Latin American; Latino

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Latin American" is a kind of...):

American (a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country)

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

spic; spick; spik ((ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent)

transmigrante (a Latin American who buys used goods in the United States and takes them to Latin America to sell)

Holonyms ("Latin American" is a member of...):

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

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