Latin American
From below Texas
Latin American refers to people, cultures, or things from Latin America—the regions of the Americas where Romance languages (Spanish, Portuguese, French) predominate, spanning Mexico through South America and the Caribbean.
As a noun, a Latin American is a person from this region: Latin American immigrants, a first-generation Latin American.
The term emphasizes shared linguistic and colonial heritage rather than geography alone.
Festive public celebration
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
- salsaSpicy tomato condiment
- tangoLatin ballroom with sharp stops
- cumbiaColombian folk dance genre
merengue · mariachi · samba · bossa nova · magical realism · telenovela · murals · Day of the Dead
Language of Iberia
- PortugueseOf a western Iberian nation
- QuechuaAndean indigenous language family
- NahuatlUto-Aztecan language of Mexico
- MayanOf ancient Mesoamerican civilization
Spanglish · bilingual · multilingual · dialect · indigenous languages · creole
Biracial Latin American
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- QuechuaAndean indigenous language family
- MayaAncient Mesoamerican people
- NahuatlUto-Aztecan language of Mexico
Zapotec · criollo · campesino · gaucho · diaspora · immigrant · community
South American western range
- AmazonGreek warrior women
- PatagoniaSouth America's southern tip
- CaribbeanTropical Atlantic region
- Tierra del FuegoIslands near Cape Horn
Atacama · Galápagos · Yucatán · Orinoco · Aconcagua · Sierra Madre · Lake Titicaca · Isthmus of Panama
Family line of descent
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- descendantsThose who come after
- legacyWhat's passed down
genealogy · traditions · customs · identity · diaspora · immigration · homeland · motherland
fiesta
Festive public celebration
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
- salsaSpicy tomato condiment
- tangoLatin ballroom with sharp stops
cumbia · merengue · mariachi · samba · bossa nova · magical realism · telenovela · murals · Day of the Dead · quinceañera
Spanish
Language of Iberia
- PortugueseOf a western Iberian nation
- QuechuaAndean indigenous language family
- NahuatlUto-Aztecan language of Mexico
Mayan · Spanglish · bilingual · multilingual · dialect · indigenous languages · creole
mestizo
Biracial Latin American
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- QuechuaAndean indigenous language family
- MayaAncient Mesoamerican people
Nahuatl · Zapotec · criollo · campesino · gaucho · diaspora · immigrant · community
Andes
South American western range
Tierra del Fuego · Atacama · Galápagos · Yucatán · Orinoco · Aconcagua · Sierra Madre · Lake Titicaca · Isthmus of Panama · Cape Horn
ancestry
Family line of descent
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- descendantsThose who come after
legacy · genealogy · traditions · customs · identity · diaspora · immigration · homeland · motherland · familia
- cuisinesItalian cuisine, French cuisine, Chinese cuisine, Japanese cuisine, Mexican cuisine
- food originsEuropean, Asian, African, Mexican, British
- Latin HeritageRomance languages, Roman Empire, Roman legacy, Spanish, Portuguese
- Latino identitiesLatinx, Hispanic, Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican
- Keyboard LayoutsQWERTY, Dvorak, French Canadian, Canadian French, Workman
- continental originAfrican, European, Asian, Australian, Antarctic
Latin AmericanAnglo-American
British and American combined
North American · Canadian · Yankee · gringo · Anglo
Latin AmericanAnglo-Saxon
Pre-Conquest British Germanic peoples
Anglophone · European · Asian · African · Middle Eastern
Latin AmericanFirst World
Prosperous industrialized democracies
Western European · North American · Western · industrialized
American, Latinization, Latin, Americans, Americas, Latino, Latin America, Latin Americans