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   Lat·in

   /ˈlatn/

   

   noun

   • 1. the language of ancient Rome and its empire, widely used historically as a language of scholarship and administration.
   • 2. a native or inhabitant of a country whose language developed from Latin, especially a Latin American.
   • ▪ music of a kind originating in Latin America, characterized by dance rhythms and extensive use of indigenous percussive instruments: "eclectic jazz through Latin into soulful grooves"

   adjective

   • 1. relating to or in the Latin language: "Latin poetry"
   • ▪ relating to the Western or Roman Catholic Church (as historically using Latin for its rites): "the Latin patriarch of Antioch"
   • ▪ relating to ancient Latium.
   • 2. relating to the countries or peoples using languages, especially Spanish, that developed from Latin: "Mexico and other Latin countries"
   • ▪ relating to or characteristic of Latin American music or dance: "snapping his fingers to a Latin beat"

   Word Origin from Latin Latinus ‘of Latium’ (see Latium).

   Derivatives

   • 1. Latinism noun
   • 2. Latinist noun

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