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The terms Latino and Latina originated in Ancient Rome. In the English language, the term Latino is a loan word from American Spanish. [12] [13] (Oxford Dictionaries attributes the origin to Latin-American Spanish. [14]) Its origin is generally given as a shortening of latinoamericano, Spanish for 'Latin American'. [15]
Hispanus was the Latin name given to a person from Hispania during Roman rule.The ancient Roman Hispania, which roughly comprised what is currently called the Iberian Peninsula, included the contemporary states of Spain, Portugal, and Andorra, and the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar but excluding the Spanish and Portuguese overseas territories of Canary Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, Açores ...
Hispanic, Latino and Spanish are popular terms people use to identify themselves. For many who identify as Hispanic, Latino and Spanish, they recognize their family’s origins and/or speak the ...
In 1976, the word Hispanic was revised in the census to represent “Americans of Spanish origin or descent” that have roots in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central and South America, and other ...
Hispanic applies to someone who is from — or has family ties to — a mostly Spanish-speaking country. Latino or Latina applies to anyone from Latin America, or with family ties to a Latin ...
Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America; Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States Hispanic and Latino (ethnic categories) The people or cultures of Latin America; Latin Americans
El Tiempo Latino a Spanish-language free-circulation weekly newspaper published in Washington, D.C. Latina, a magazine for bilingual, bicultural Hispanic women; People en Español, a Spanish-language magazine counterpart of People; Vida Latina, a Spanish-language entertainment magazine distributed throughout the Southern United States
Hispanic refers to people who share a common language, specifically Spanish, and typically includes individuals from Spain and the Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America.