Latinx

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La·tin·x

(lə-tē′nĕks, lä-tē′nĕks, -nəks)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or being a member of one of the Spanish-speaking peoples of the Americas.
2. Of, relating to, or being a descendant of these peoples, especially when living in the United States.

[Latin(o) and Latin(a) + -x, ending used to replace the gender-specific endings of Latino and Latina (from the use of x as a variable or an unspecified factor, as in mathematics).]
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