Latin America
WordNet
noun
(1) The parts of North America and South America south of the United States where Romance languages are spoken
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From thought to be coined by French Emperor Napoleon III.
Proper noun
Latin America
- Those parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese, Latin-derived languages: South America, Central America, Mexico, and most islands of the Carribean.
See also
- Central America
- North America
- South America
- Argentina (Spanish)
- Belize (English speaking, non-latin)
- Bolivia (Spanish)
- Brazil (Portuguese)
- Chile (Spanish)
- Colombia (Spanish)
- Costa Rica (Spanish)
- Cuba (Spanish)
- Ecuador (Spanish)
- El Salvador (Spanish)
- French Guiana (French)
- Guatemala (Spanish)
- Guyana (English speaking, non-latin)
- Honduras (Spanish)
- Mexico (Spanish)
- Nicaragua (Spanish)
- Panama (Spanish)
- Paraguay (Spanish)
- Peru (Spanish)
- Suriname (Dutch speaking, non-latin)
- Uruguay (Spanish)
- Venezuela (Spanish)