Latin America

English

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

• Afrikaans: Latyns-Amerika
• Albanian: Amerika Latine f
• Amharic: ላቲን አሜሪካ (latin ʾämerika)
• Arabic: أَمْرِيكَا اَللَّاتِينِيَّة‏‎ f (ʾamrīkā l-lātīniyya)
• Armenian: Լատինական Ամերիկա (Latinakan Amerika)
• Azeri: Latın Amerikası
• Belarusian: Лаці́нская Аме́рыка f (Lacínskaja Amjéryka)
• Bengali:
• Breton: Amerika Latin (br) f
• Bulgarian: Лати́нска Аме́рика f (Latínska Amérika)
• Burmese: လက်တင်အမေရိက (laktang-a.meri.ka.)
• 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
• Danish: Latinamerika
• 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 amerikā)
• Hungarian: Latin-Amerika
• Icelandic: Rómanska Ameríka (is) f
• Irish: Meiriceá Laidineach
• Italian: America latina f
• Japanese: ラテンアメリカ (Raten Amerika)
• Kazakh: Латын Америкасы (Latın Amerïkası)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 라틴 아메리카 (Ratin Amerika)
• Kyrgyz: Латын Америкасы (Latın Amerikası)

• Lao: ອາເມລິກາລາແຕັງ ('ā mē li kā lā tæng)
• Latvian: Latīņamerika f
• Lithuanian: Lotynų Amerika f
• Macedonian: Лати́нска Аме́рика f (Latínska Amérika)
• Malay: Amerika Latin
• Mongolian: Латин Америк (Latin Amerik)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Latin-Amerika

  Nynorsk: Latin-Amerika

• Persian: آمریکای لاتین‏‎ (fa) (âmrikâ-ye lâtin)
• 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

• Sinhalese: ලතින් ඇමරිකාව (latin æmarikāva)
• Slovak: Latinská Amerika f
• Slovene: Latinska Amerika f
• Spanish: Latinoamérica (es) f, América Latina (es) f
• Swahili: Amerika ya Kilatini
• Swedish: Latinamerika (sv)
• Tagalog: Amerikang Latino
• Tajik: Амрикои Лотинӣ (tg) (Amrikoyi Lotinī)
• Tatar: Латин Америкасы (Latin Amerikası)
• Telugu: లాటిన్ అమెరికా (lāṭin amerikā)
• Thai: ละตินอเมริกา (lá-dtin-à-mee-rí-gaa)
• Turkish: Latin Amerika (tr)
• Turkmen: Latin Amerikasy
• Ukrainian: Лати́нська Аме́рика f (Latýnsʹka Améryka)
• Urdu: لاطینی امریکہ‏‎ (lātīnī amrīkā)
• Uyghur: لاتىن ئامېرىكا‏‎ (latin amërika)
• Uzbek: Lotin Amerikasi
• Vietnamese: Mỹ Latinh
• Yoruba: Amẹ́ríkà Látìnì

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)
• Haiti (French)
• Mexico (Spanish)
• Nicaragua (Spanish)
• Panama (Spanish)
• Paraguay (Spanish)
• Peru (Spanish)
• Puerto Rico (Spanish)
• Suriname (Dutch speaking, non-latin)
• Uruguay (Spanish)
• Venezuela (Spanish)