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Latino

La·ti·no [ lə tnō ] (plural La·ti·nos)


noun  Hispanic 
Definition:
 
1. somebody from Latin America: somebody who comes from a country of Latin America

2. Latin American living in U.S.: somebody of Latin American descent who comes from the United States

[Mid-20th century. Via American Spanish< Spanish, "Latin, a Latin" < Latin Latinus (see Latin)]

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See Anglo and Hispanic.

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