Latin America

English

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Etymology

From French Amérique latine. Thought to be coined by French Emperor Napoleon III.

Proper noun

Latin America

1. Those parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese, which are Latin-derived languages: South America, Central America, Mexico, and most islands of the Caribbean.

Usage notes

This term sometimes includes the French areas in the Caribbean and South America, but does not include French-speaking North America. When used loosely, it includes all of Central America, South America and Caribbean (loose definition of Caribbean, except the Florida Keys), and Mexico.

Related terms

• latino
• Latin American

Translations

parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese

• Arabic: أَمْرِيكَا اَللَّاتِينِيَّة f ‎(ʾamrīkā l-lātīniyya)
• Armenian: Լատինական Ամերիկա ‎(Latinakan Amerika)
• Belarusian: Лацінская Амерыка f ‎(Lacínskaja Améryka)
• Bengali: লাতিন আমেরিকা ‎(lātin āmērikā)
• Breton: Amerika Latin (br) f
• Bulgarian: Латинска Америка f ‎(Latínska Amérika)
• Catalan: Amèrica Llatina f, Llatinoamèrica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拉丁美洲 (zh) ‎(Lādīng Měizhōu), (abbreviation) 拉美 (zh) ‎(Lā-Měi)

• Czech: Latinská Amerika (cs) f
• Dutch: Latijns-Amerika
• Estonian: Ladina-Ameerika
• Faroese: Latínamerika f
• Finnish: Latinalainen Amerikka (fi)
• French: Amérique latine (fr) f
• Galician: Latinoamérica, América Latina
• Georgian: ლათინური ამერიკა ‎(latinuri ameriḳa)
• German: Lateinamerika (de) n
• Greek: Λατινική Αμερική f ‎(Latinikí Amerikí)
• Hebrew: אמריקה הלטינית f ‎(amérika latinít)
• Hindi: लैटिन अमेरिका f ‎(laiṭin amērikā)
• Hungarian: Latin-Amerika
• Icelandic: Rómanska Ameríka (is) f
• Italian: America latina f

• Japanese: ラテンアメリカ ‎(Raten'Amerika)
• Korean: 라틴 아메리카 ‎(Latin Amerika)
• Latvian: Latīņamerika f
• Macedonian: Латинска Америка f ‎(Latínska Amérika)
• Malay: Amerika Latin
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Latin-Amerika

  Nynorsk: Latin-Amerika

• Persian: آمریکای لاتین (fa)
• Polish: Ameryka Łacińska (pl) f
• Portuguese: América Latina (pt) f
• Russian: Лати́нская Аме́рика (ru) f ‎(Latínskaja Amérika)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Латинска Америка f

  Roman: Latinska Amerika f

• Slovak: Latinská Amerika f
• Slovene: Latinska Amerika f
• Spanish: Latinoamérica (es) f, América Latina (es) f
• Swedish: Latinamerika (sv)
• Telugu: లాటిన్ అమెరికా ‎(lāṭin amerikā)
• Thai: ละตินอเมริกา ‎(ládtin àmayrígaa)
• Ukrainian: Латинська Америка f ‎(Latýns'ka Améryka)
• Urdu: لاطینی امریکہ
• Vietnamese: Mỹ Latinh

See also

• Central America
• North America
• South America
• Argentina (Spanish)
• Belize (English speaking, non-latin)
• Bolivia (Spanish)
• Brazil (Portuguese)
• Chile (Spanish)
• Colombia (Spanish)
• Costa Rica (Spanish)
• Cuba (Spanish)
• Dominican Republic (Spanish)
• Ecuador (Spanish)
• El Salvador (Spanish)
• French Guiana (French)
• Guatemala (Spanish)
• Guyana (English speaking, non-latin)
• Honduras (Spanish)
• Mexico (Spanish)
• Nicaragua (Spanish)
• Panama (Spanish)
• Paraguay (Spanish)
• Peru (Spanish)
• Puerto Rico (Spanish)
• Suriname (Dutch speaking, non-latin)
• Uruguay (Spanish)
• Venezuela (Spanish)