Spanish-American
Dual Atlantic ancestry
Spanish-American describes people, things, or events involving both Spain and the United States, or relating to Spanish-speaking Americans.
The Spanish-American War (1898) was fought between these nations over Cuban independence.
As a noun, a Spanish-American is a U.S. citizen of Spanish descent or from a Spanish-speaking country: The neighborhood has a large Spanish-American population.
Latin American by heritage
- mestizoBiracial Latin American
- ChicanoMexican-American with activist heritage
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- identityWho someone is
ancestry · diaspora · immigrant · bilingual · Latinx · community · assimilation · hyphenated
A calendar year
- CubaCaribbean island country
- PhilippinesSoutheast Asian archipelago nation
- McKinleyScottish-Irish surname
- MainePine Tree State
Rough Riders · San Juan Hill · Dewey · imperialism · treaty · Paris · Guam · Puerto Rico
Spanish colonial soldier-explorer
- missionPurpose-driven task
- haciendaSpanish-speaking country estate
- encomiendaForced indigenous labor grant
- viceroyaltyTerritory under delegated sovereignty
settlement · territory · frontier · borderlands · presidio · expedition · empire · colonization
Hybrid of two languages
- code-switchingAlternating between linguistic varieties
- loanwordsAdopted foreign vocabulary
- dialectRegional language variety
- accentRegional speech pattern
bilingualism · translation · vocabulary · pronunciation · borrowing · cognates · terminology · speech
Latino
Latin American by heritage
- mestizoBiracial Latin American
- ChicanoMexican-American with activist heritage
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
identity · ancestry · diaspora · immigrant · bilingual · Latinx · community · assimilation · hyphenated · bicultural
1898
A calendar year
- CubaCaribbean island country
- PhilippinesSoutheast Asian archipelago nation
- McKinleyScottish-Irish surname
Maine · Rough Riders · San Juan Hill · Dewey · imperialism · treaty · Paris · Guam · Puerto Rico · annexation
conquistador
Spanish colonial soldier-explorer
- missionPurpose-driven task
- haciendaSpanish-speaking country estate
- encomiendaForced indigenous labor grant
viceroyalty · settlement · territory · frontier · borderlands · presidio · expedition · empire · colonization · Catholic
Spanglish
Hybrid of two languages
- code-switchingAlternating between linguistic varieties
- loanwordsAdopted foreign vocabulary
- dialectRegional language variety
accent · bilingualism · translation · vocabulary · pronunciation · borrowing · cognates · terminology · speech · fluency
magical realism
Fiction blending miraculous and mundane
poetry · fiction · memoir · identity · immigrant experience · border · translation · anthology · criticism · voice
Spanish-AmericanNative American
Original inhabitants of America
Amerindian · indigenous · First Nations · pre-Columbian · aboriginal
Spanish-AmericanAnglo-American
British and American combined
British-American · Portuguese-American · Dutch-American · Brazilian · Quebecois
Spanish-AmericanAnglo-American
British and American combined
Franco-American · Sino-American · German-American · British-American
Spanish, American, Spain, America, Americas, Spaniard, Spaniards, Americans, Hispanics