Latin America

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

Latin America

Those parts of the Americas which speak Spanish, Portuguese, French or Creoles based on them, which are Latin-derived languages: South America, Central America, Mexico, and most islands of the Caribbean.

Usage notes

This term usually includes the French and French Creole areas in the Caribbean and South America, but does not include French-speaking North America. When used loosely, it includes all of Central America, South America and Caribbean (loose definition of Caribbean, except the Florida Keys), and Mexico. On the other hand, Ibero-America explicitly excludes French-speaking territories.

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Translations

parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese

Afrikaans: Latyns-Amerika
Albanian: Amerika Latine f
Amharic: ላቲን አሜሪካ (latin ʾämerika)
Arabic: أَمْرِيكَا اَللَّاتِينِيَّة f (ʔamrīkā l-lātīniyya)
Armenian: Լատինական Ամերիկա (hy) (Latinakan Amerika)
Azerbaijani: Latın Amerikası
Belarusian: Лаці́нская Аме́рыка f (Lacínskaja Amjéryka)
Bengali: লাতিন আমেরিকা (bn) (latin amerika)
Breton: Amerika Latin (br) f
Bulgarian: Лати́нска Аме́рика f (Latínska Amérika)
Burmese: လက်တင်အမေရိက (laktang-a.meri.ka.)
Catalan: Amèrica Llatina (ca) f, Llatinoamèrica f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 拉丁美洲 (zh) (Lādīng Měizhōu), (abbreviation) 拉美 (zh) (Lā-Měi)
Czech: Latinská Amerika (cs) f
Danish: Latinamerika
Dutch: Latijns-Amerika
Esperanto: Latinameriko
Estonian: Ladina-Ameerika
Faroese: Latínamerika f
Finnish: Latinalainen Amerikka (fi), (informal) Lattarit
French: Amérique latine (fr) f
Galician: Latinoamérica, América Latina
Georgian: ლათინური ამერიკა (latinuri ameriḳa)
German: Lateinamerika (de) n
Greek: Λατινική Αμερική f (Latinikí Amerikí)
Hebrew: אמריקה הלטינית f (amérika latinít)
Hindi: लैटिन अमेरिका f (laiṭin amerikā)
Hungarian: Latin-Amerika (hu)
Icelandic: Rómanska Ameríka (is) f
Irish: Meiriceá Laidineach
Italian: America latina f
Japanese: ラテンアメリカ (ja) (Raten Amerika)
Kazakh: Латын Америкасы (Latyn Amerikasy)
Khmer: អាមេរិកឡាទីន (ʼaameirɨk laatiin)
Korean: 라틴 아메리카 (Ratin Amerika)
Kyrgyz: Латын Америкасы (Latın Amerikası)
Lao: ອາເມລິກາລາແຕັງ (ʼā mē li kā lā tæng)
Latvian: Latīņamerika f
Lithuanian: Lotynų Amerika f
Macedonian: Лати́нска Аме́рика f (Latínska Amérika)
Malay: Amerika Latin
Mongolian: Латин Америк (Latin Amerik)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Latin-Amerika

Nynorsk: Latin-Amerika
Persian: آمریکای لاتین (fa) (âmrikâ-ye lâtin)
Polish: Ameryka Łacińska (pl) f
Portuguese: América Latina (pt) f
Romanian: America Latină
Russian: Лати́нская Аме́рика (ru) f (Latínskaja Amérika)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Латинска Америка f

Roman: Latinska Amerika f
Sinhalese: ලතින් ඇමරිකාව (latin æmarikāwa)
Slovak: Latinská Amerika f
Slovene: Latinska Amerika f
Spanish: Latinoamérica (es) f, América Latina (es) f
Swahili: Amerika ya Kilatini
Swedish: Latinamerika (sv)
Tagalog: Amerikang Latino
Tajik: Амрикои Лотинӣ (tg) (Amriko-yi Lotini)
Tatar: Латин Америкасы (Latin Amerikası)
Telugu: లాటిన్ అమెరికా (lāṭin amerikā)
Thai: ละตินอเมริกา (lá-dtin-à-mee-rí-gaa)
Turkish: Latin Amerika (tr)
Turkmen: Latin Amerikasy
Ukrainian: Лати́нська Аме́рика f (Latýnsʹka Améryka)
Urdu: لاطینی امریکہ (lātīnī amrīkā)
Uyghur: لاتىن ئامېرىكا (latin amërika)
Uzbek: Lotin Amerikasi
Vietnamese: Mỹ Latinh
Welsh: America Ladin f
Yoruba: Amẹ́ríkà Látìnì