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La·ti·no
(lə-tē′nō, lă-, lä-)n. pl. La·ti·nos
1. A member of one of the Spanish-speaking peoples of the Americas.
2. A descendant of any of these peoples, especially when living in the United States. See Usage Note at Hispanic.
[Short for Spanish latinoamericano, Latin-American, from latino, Latin, from Latin Latīnus; see Latin.]
La·ti′no adj.
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Latino
(læˈtiːnəʊ)n, pl -nos
(Peoples) US an inhabitant of the US who is of Latin American origin
Laˈtina fem n
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His•pan•ic
(hɪˈspæn ɪk)adj.
1. of or pertaining to Spain or Spanish-speaking countries.
2. Also, Hispan′ic-Amer′ican. of or pertaining to Hispanics.
n. 3. Also, Hispan′ic Amer′ican. a U.S. citizen or resident of Spanish or Latin-American descent.
[1575–85; < Latin hispānicus. See Hispania, -ic]
His•pan′i•cal•ly, adv.
usage: The terms Hispanic and Latino have the same meaning, though Latino is more informal. Both terms more commonly refer to a person from Latin America rather than one from Spain.
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| Noun | 1. |  Latino - a native of Latin America Latin America - the parts of North America and South America to the south of the United States where Romance languages are spoken American - a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country transmigrante - a Latin American who buys used goods in the United States and takes them to Latin America to sell |
| 2. | Latino - an artificial language based on words common to the Romance languages artificial language - a language that is deliberately created for a specific purpose Latino sine flexione - Latino without inflectional morphology | |
| Adj. | 1. | Latino - related to a Spanish-speaking people or culture; "the Hispanic population of California is growing rapidly" |
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