Latin America

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Latin America

  1. (literally, in practice rare) Those parts of the Americas which speak Romance (Latin-derived) languages, namely Spanish, Portuguese, French, or creoles based on these.
  3. (most often) A continental region consisting of those parts of the Americas located south of the United States where Spanish or Portuguese is predominantly spoken; sometimes including areas speaking French or French-based creoles.
    • 2025 February 7, Esha Mitra, Aishwarya S Iyer and Ross Adkin, “‘Treated like criminals’: Shackling of Indians aboard 40-hour migrant flight sparks new outrage against Trump”, in CNN‎[1]:
      Young Indians looking for work opportunities have made up a sizeable portion of undocumented migrants in the US, many after making the dangerous trek through Latin America to reach the US southern border.
  4. (loosely, by narrowing) Ibero-America (excluding all French-speaking areas).
  5. (loosely, by broadening) umbrella term for South America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean (including English and Dutch-speaking areas).

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