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1 day ago · In another definition, Latin America designates the set of countries in the Americas where a Romance language (a language derived from Latin) predominates: Spanish, Portuguese, or French. Thus, it includes Mexico; most of Central and South America; and in the Caribbean, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti.
1 day ago · Because Mexico and Central America share an Iberian heritage with nearly all of South America, this entire region frequently is grouped under the name Latin America. South America’s geologic structure consists of two dissymmetric parts.
1 day ago · Latin America is typically contrasted with Anglo-America, where English, a Germanic language, is prevalent, and which comprises Canada (with the exception of Francophone Canada rooted in Latin Europe [France]—see Quebec and Acadia) and the United States.
2 days ago · This definition, as a "male Latin American inhabitant of the United States", is the oldest definition which is used in the United States, it was first used in 1946. Under this definition a Mexican American or Puerto Rican, for example, is both a Hispanic and a Latino.
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4 days ago · Hispanic Americans, people living in the United States who are descendants of Spanish-speaking peoples. Since most Hispanics trace their ancestry to Latin America, they are also called Latinos. Hispanics make up the largest ethnic minority in the United States, forming one-sixth of the country’s population.
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3 days ago · Latin language, Indo-European language in the Italic group and ancestral to the modern Romance languages. During the Middle Ages and until comparatively recent times, Latin was the language most widely used in the West for scholarly and literary purposes.
Istorija Južne Amerike. Južna Amerika je bila postojbina mnogih indijanskih civilizacija pre dolaska prvih Evropljana 1520 -ih godina. [1] [2] Nakon toga su Španci i Portugalci zauzeli i prisvojili celi kontinent i njegove stanovnike te tamo vladali 300 godina. Početkom 19. veka to je područje steklo nezavisnost, ali su nove ...
