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Spanish American
[ span-ish uh-mer-i-kuhn ]
noun
- a person of Latin American descent living in the U.S.
- a person of Spanish descent living in the U.S.
- a native or inhabitant of a Spanish American country.
adjective
- noting or relating to the parts of America where Spanish is the prevailing language.
- of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Spanish America, especially those of Spanish descent.
- of or relating to persons of Latin American descent living in the U.S.
- of or relating to persons of Spanish descent living in the U.S.
- Spanish-American, occurring between Spain and America, often between Spain and the United States:
an example of Spanish-American cooperation.
Spanish-American
adjective
- of or relating to any of the Spanish-speaking countries or peoples of the Americas
noun
- a native or inhabitant of Spanish America
- a Spanish-speaking person in the US
Grammar Note
Word History and Origins
Origin of Spanish American1
Example Sentences
When he left to join the Spanish-American War, Katie kept a picture of him on a locket around her neck.
He began A Moment in the Sun in 1996 as a screenplay about an African-American soldier in the Spanish-American War.
Rival newspaper barons William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer were even blamed for starting the Spanish-American War.
One sculpture honors those who died in the Spanish-American War.
He gave himself a boyhood as a jockey and also enlisted fictionally in the Spanish American war.
This type of structure is prevalent in almost all the older Spanish-American cities.
But the Church and her religion is the Spanish-American woman's special kingdom.
It fell to my lot in one Spanish-American country to receive a challenge.
The Spanish-American states, especially until recent years, were nothing but a specie of military tyranny.
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