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Definition of Latin America
1. Noun. The parts of North America and South America to the south of the United States where Romance languages are spoken.
Terms within: Central America
Geographical relationships: Llano
Geographical relationships: North America, South America
Member holonyms: Latin American, Latino
Derivative terms: Latin-american
Definition of Latin America
1. Proper noun. Those parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese, Latin-derived languages: South America, Central America, Mexico, and most islands of the Carribean. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Latin America
1. The geographic area of latin america in general and when the specific country or countries are not indicated. It usually includes central america, south america, mexico, and the islands of the caribbean. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Latin America
Literary usage of Latin America
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South America: Observations and Impressions by James Bryce Bryce (1914)
"... it is desired to include Brazil (a Portuguese country), "Latin" America,
referring to the other parts of the northern continent as "Teutonic America. ..."
2. Problems in Pan Americanism by Samuel Guy Inman (1921)
"PROBLEMS IN PAN AMERICANISM Chapter I ASSETS OF Latin America The opening of the
Panama Canal changed the map of the world. It inaugurated a world movement ..."
3. American Supremacy: The Rise and Progress of the Latin American Republics by George Washington Crichfield (1908)
"... Latin America THE United States encourages immigration into Latin America,
and the making of investments there, yet views with indifference the murder, ..."
4. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1907)
"1 Speaking of international arbitration, Ilis Excellency says: Latin America has
done its share in that humanitarian labor. • * • Europe and the Old World ..."
5. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Playground 10:336-83 Ja '17 Latin alliance. See International federation Latin
America American and Latin American. W: R. Shepherd. ..."
6. South America and the War by Frederick Alexander Kirkpatrick (1918)
"SOUTH AMERICA AND THE WAR INTRODUCTION GENERAL CONDITIONS IN Latin America THE
New World or Western Hemisphere consists of two continents. ..."
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