the parts of America colonized by Spaniards from the 16th century onwards and now chiefly Spanish-speaking: includes all of South America (except Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, and Suriname), Central America (except Belize), Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and a number of small Caribbean islands
Spanish America in American English
Mexico and those countries in Central and South America and islands in the Caribbeanin which Spanish is the chief language