Latin American

American  

[lat-n uh-mer-i-kuhn] / ˈlæt n əˈmɛr ɪ kən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Latin America or its inhabitants.

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noun

1. a citizen or resident of Latin America.

Latin American British  

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Latin America

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adjective

1. of or relating to Latin America or its inhabitants

Etymology

Origin of Latin American

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

White and the other activists finished their speeches and then began a cacerolazo — a type of Latin American protest where people clang pots and pans.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

President Donald Trump is escalating his administration’s de facto war on Latin American drug cartels.

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2026

The opening concert will be Marsalis's symphonic work All Rise, featuring 200 singers and musicians in a piece that combines African chant, New Orleans parade music, gospel and Latin American styles.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Noem said during a luncheon with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Latin American leaders that the new bloc would serve as “a powerful example to the rest of the world about what’s possible.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

But why hide 'Jason Taylor' under an inaccessible symbolist and a Latin American revolutionary?”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell