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Latin America

American  
[lat-n uh-mer-i-kuh] / ˈlæt n əˈmɛr ɪ kə /

noun

  1. the part of the American continents south of the United States in which Spanish, Portuguese, or French is officially spoken.


Latin America British  

noun

  1. those areas of America whose official languages are Spanish and Portuguese, derived from Latin: South America, Central America, Mexico, and certain islands in the Caribbean

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Latin America Cultural  
  1. A term applied to all of the Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking nations south of the United States.


Other Word Forms

  • Latin American adjective

Etymology

Origin of Latin America

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

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Geopolitical strategists are closely monitoring Beijing’s reaction to the attack on its ally just months after the U.S. seized Venezuela’s leader Nicolás Maduro, one of China’s closest allies in Latin America.

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U.S. assets would be the prime beneficiaries in that scenario, as well as oil-producing developed-markets like Canada and producers outside of the Middle East, such as in Latin America, he notes.

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U.S. assets would be the prime beneficiaries in that scenario, as well as oil-producing developed-markets like Canada and producers outside of the Middle East, such as in Latin America, he notes.

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U.S. assets would be the prime beneficiaries in that scenario, as well as oil-producing developed-markets like Canada and producers outside of the Middle East, such as in Latin America, he notes.

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Multiple of these "opportunistic" accounts have already been identified by AFP as disseminators of disinformation in Mexico and the rest of Latin America.

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