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La·ti·no  (l-tn, l-, lä-)
n. pl. La·ti·nos
1. A Latin American.
2. A person of Hispanic, especially Latin-American, descent, often one living in the United States. See Usage Note at Hispanic.

[Short for Spanish latinoamericano, Latin-American, from latino, Latin, from Latin Latnus; see Latin.]

La·tino adj.

Latino [læˈtiːnəʊ]
n pl -nos
(Social Science / Peoples) US an inhabitant of the US who is of Latin American origin
Latina  fem n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Latino - a native of Latin AmericaLatino - 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
spic, spick, spik - (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent
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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