Latin America

English Etymology en fr Amérique latine. Thought to be coined by French Emperor Napoleon III. Pronunciation en /ˌlæ.tɪ.nəˈmɛ.ɹɪ.kə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Latin America.wav Southern England en /ˌlæ.tə.nəˈmɛ.ɹə.kə/ weak vowel merger Proper noun en literally in practice _ rare Those parts of the Americas which speak Romance (Latin-derived) languages, namely Spanish, Portuguese, French, or creoles based on these. en Q12585en most often en continental region consisting of those parts of the cont/Americas *located south of the United States where Spanish or Portuguese is predominantly spoken; sometimes including areas speaking French or French-based creoles 1. en Esha Mitra, Aishwarya S Iyer and Ross Adkin ‘Treated like criminals’: Shackling of Indians aboard 40-hour migrant flight sparks new outrage against Trump w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/india/india-trump-shackles-deportations-intl-hnk 2025-02-07 Young Indians looking for work opportunities have made up a sizeable portion of undocumented migrants in the US, many after making the dangerous trek through Latin America to reach the US southern border. https://web.archive.org/web/20260507194119/https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/india/india-trump-shackles-deportations-intl-hnk 7 May 2026 en loosely by narrowing Ibero-America (excluding all French-speaking areas). en loosely by broadening umbrella term for South America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean (including English and Dutch-speaking areas). Related terms en latino en Latin American Translations parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese Afrikaans: af Latyns-Amerika Albanian: sq Amerika Latine f Amharic: am ላቲን አሜሪካ Arabic: ar أَمْرِيكَا اَللَّاتِينِيَّة f Armenian: hy Լատինական Ամերիկա Azerbaijani: az Latın Amerikası Belarusian: be Лаці́нская Аме́рыка f Bengali: bn লাতিন আমেরিকা Breton: br Amerika Latin f Bulgarian: bg Лати́нска Аме́рика f Burmese: my လက်တင်အမေရိက Catalan: ca Amèrica Llatina f, ca Llatinoamèrica f Cherokee: chr ᎳᏘᏂ ᎠᎹᏰᏟ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 拉丁美洲 Lādīng Měizhōu, abbreviation cmn 拉美 Lā-Měi Czech: cs Latinská Amerika f Danish: da Latinamerika Dutch: nl Latijns-Amerika Esperanto: eo Latinameriko Estonian: et Ladina-Ameerika Faroese: fo Latínamerika f Finnish: fi Latinalainen Amerikka, informal fi Lattarit French: fr Amérique latine f Galician: gl Latinoamérica, gl América Latina Georgian: ka ლათინური ამერიკა German: de Lateinamerika n Greek: el Λατινική Αμερική f Hebrew: he אמריקה הלטינית f amérika latinít Hindi: hi लातिन अमेरिका m Hungarian: hu Latin-Amerika Icelandic: is Rómanska Ameríka f Irish: ga Meiriceá Laidineach Italian: it America latina f Japanese: ja ラテンアメリカ Raten Amerika Kazakh: kk Латын Америкасы Khmer: km អាមេរិកឡាទីន Korean: ko ^라틴 ^아메리카 Kyrgyz: ky Латын Америкасы Lao: lo ອາເມລິກາລາແຕັງ Latvian: lv Latīņamerika f Lithuanian: lt Lotynų Amerika f Macedonian: mk Лати́нска Аме́рика f Malay: ms Amerika Latin Mongolian: mn Латин Америк Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Latin-Amerika Nynorsk: nn Latin-Amerika Persian: fa آمریکای لاتین âmrikâ-ye lâtin Polish: pl Ameryka Łacińska f Portuguese: pt América Latina f Romanian: ro America Latină Russian: ru Лати́нская Аме́рика f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Латинска Америка f Latin: sh Latinska Amerika f Sinhalese: si ලතින් ඇමරිකාව Slovak: sk Latinská Amerika f Slovene: sl Latinska Amerika f Spanish: es Latinoamérica f, es América Latina f Swahili: sw Amerika ya Kilatini Swedish: sv Latinamerika Tagalog: tl Amerikang Latino Tajik: tg Амрикои Лотинӣ Tatar: tt Латин Америкасы Telugu: te లాటిన్ అమెరికా Thai: th ลาตินอเมริกา Turkish: tr Latin Amerika Turkmen: tk Latin Amerikasy Ukrainian: uk Лати́нська Аме́рика f Urdu: ur لاطینی امریکہ lātīnī amrīkā Uyghur: ug لاتىن ئامېرىكا Uzbek: uz Lotin Amerikasi Vietnamese: vi Mỹ Latinh Welsh: cy America Ladin f Yoruba: yo Amẹ́ríkà Látìnì See also en Central America en Ibero-America en North America en South America