Latin America
South of Texas
Latin America refers to the regions of the Americas where Romance languages—primarily Spanish and Portuguese—predominate.
This includes Mexico, Central America, South America (except for English-speaking Guyana and Dutch-speaking Suriname), and parts of the Caribbean.
The term distinguishes these areas from English- and French-speaking North America: Latin American literature has flourished since the mid-twentieth century.
South American western range
- AmazonGreek warrior women
- pampasSouth American treeless plains
- PatagoniaSouth America's southern tip
- llanosSpanish-derived term for plains
altiplano · cordillera · Tierra del Fuego · Mesoamerica · Sierra Madre · Orinoco · Yucatán · Galápagos
Afro-Brazilian celebratory dance
- tangoLatin ballroom with sharp stops
- cumbiaColombian folk dance genre
- salsaSpicy tomato condiment
- merengueLatin partnered dance
bachata · bossa nova · reggaeton · mambo · cha-cha · bolero · rumba · son
Including multiple ethnic traditions
- mestizoBiracial Latin American
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- creoleNativized pidgin tongue
- syncretismFusion of different beliefs
folklore · traditions · customs · cuisine · carnival · Día de los Muertos · quinceañera · telenovelas
Spanish colonial soldiers
- viceroyaltyTerritory under delegated sovereignty
- encomiendaForced indigenous labor grant
- missionariesReligious workers abroad
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
creoles · mestizos · imperialism · plantations · slavery · exploitation · subjugation · mercantilism
Americas before 1492
- AztecAncient Mexican civilization
- MayaAncient Mesoamerican people
- IncaAncient Peruvian civilization member
- OlmecAncient Gulf Coast people
Toltec · artifacts · ruins · archaeology · pyramids · Machu Picchu · Teotihuacan · glyphs
Andes
South American western range
llanos · altiplano · cordillera · Tierra del Fuego · Mesoamerica · Sierra Madre · Orinoco · Yucatán · Galápagos · Caribbean
samba
Afro-Brazilian celebratory dance
merengue · bachata · bossa nova · reggaeton · mambo · cha-cha · bolero · rumba · son · mariachi
multicultural
Including multiple ethnic traditions
- mestizoBiracial Latin American
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- creoleNativized pidgin tongue
syncretism · folklore · traditions · customs · cuisine · carnival · Día de los Muertos · quinceañera · telenovelas · fútbol
conquistadors
Spanish colonial soldiers
- viceroyaltyTerritory under delegated sovereignty
- encomiendaForced indigenous labor grant
- missionariesReligious workers abroad
colonization · creoles · mestizos · imperialism · plantations · slavery · exploitation · subjugation · mercantilism · Catholicism
pre-Columbian
Americas before 1492
- AztecAncient Mexican civilization
- MayaAncient Mesoamerican people
- IncaAncient Peruvian civilization member
Olmec · Toltec · artifacts · ruins · archaeology · pyramids · Machu Picchu · Teotihuacan · glyphs · codices
- Hispanic WorldSpain, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Peru
- hemispheric diplomacydiplomatic ties, bilateral ties, bilateral talks, diplomatic missions, ambassadors
- SOUTHCOMCaribbean, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Chile
- placescity, town, village, hamlet, building
- Latin AmericaArgentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Cuba
- Spanish languagedialects, Spanglish, Mexico, Caribbean, vocabulary