Latin Americanadj.n.
/ˌlatɪn əˈmɛrᵻk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌlætn əˈmɛr(ə)kən/ A. adj.
a. Of or pertaining to Latin America or its peoples.Until the early 20th cent. Spanish American was the preferred term.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > Central and South America > [adjective]
Latin American1890
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of Latin America > [adjective]
Latin1856
Latin American1890
spic1914
1890 B. Harrison in Reciprocity Treaties with Lat. Amer. (U.S. Dept. of State) 3 Our tariff laws offered an insurmountable barrier to a lerge exchange of products with the Latin American nations.
1892 C. R. Markham (title) Latin-American republics. A history of Peru.
1903 Westm. Gaz. 22 June 11/1 Mexico..the richest district in the richest of the Latin-American countries.
1947 Life 17 Nov. 14/2 The tourist is not yet a creature existing only to be fleeced as he is in some Latin-American countries where tourismo has become big business.
1973 ‘D. Jordan’ Nile Green xxxi. 145 It's oil sheiks and Latin American generals and Lebanese rentiers who are going to buy your bonds.
1991 N. Mailer Harlot's Ghost vi. xxxiv. 1233 For years and years, American policy has supported the Latin American oligarchies.
b. Designating a rhythm or style of music characteristic of Latin America; spec. designating a type of ballroom dancing including dances of Latin American origin or inspiration, such as the rumba, samba, cha-cha, etc.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [adjective] > Latin-American
Latin American1937
Latin1990
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [adjective] > qualities of pop
metal?1518
anthemic1890
Afro-Latin-American1900
sun-kissed1907
heavy1937
Latin American1937
Memphis1938
sun-drenched1943
indie1945
rockish1955
hardcore1957
doo-wop1958
middle of the road1959
Latin1962
straight-ahead1964
easy listening1965
Motown1965
funky1967
post-rock1967
rocky1967
rock-out1968
funkadelic1969
funked out1970
grungy1971
punk1971
grunge1972
Philly1972
dub1973
drum and bass1975
disco funky1976
punkish1976
reggaefied1976
Britpop1977
post-punk1977
anarcho-punk1979
rap1980
trash rock1980
crunchy1981
industrial1981
New Romantic1981
rockist1981
garage1982
hip-hop1982
thrashy1982
urban1982
Gothic1983
hip-hopping1983
beat-box1984
lo-fi1986
technoid1986
hip-house1987
acid house1988
new jack1988
old school1988
techno1988
baggy1990
banging1990
gangsta1990
filthy1991
handbaggy1991
nu skool1991
sampladelic1991
junglist1993
1937 Mod. Lang. Forum 22 24 Latin-American music is immediately appealing because its beauties are compatible with our own musical taste.
1948 F. Borrows Lat.-Amer. Dancing i. 19 The profession has not been able..to cope with the public demand for instruction in the Latin-American dances.
1955 L. Feather Encycl. Jazz 30 The wedding of jazz with Latin-American rhythms.
1983 N.Y. Times 6 Mar. ii. 1/6 The two men have been friends—tennis pals, fellow devotees of Latin American ballroom dancing—for 40 years.
B. n.
A native or inhabitant of Latin America; a person of Latin American origin or descent.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of Latin America > [noun]
Latin1856
spiggoty1899
spic1906
Latin American1912
1912 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 720/2 An Englishman..soon wishes himself well rid of the..Latin-American.
1960 Business Week 3 Dec. 87 ‘Fidelism’, or ‘Fidelismo’, as the Latin Americans call it..is the Castro-style revolution that's followed by a left-wing, Communist-influenced, perhaps Communist-controlled, government.
1973 A. Mann Tiara i. 4 In the Philippines, some crazy Latin American got near enough to Paul VI to attack him with a knife.
1992 Christian Sci. Monitor 9 Jan. 4/2 Spain refuses to require visas of Latin Americans visiting Spain, and maintains double-nationality accords with some countries.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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