Hispanic
See also: hispanic
English
Etymology
Formed from the root of Latin Hispania (“Spain”) and the suffix -ic; cf. hispanicus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɪˈspænɪk/
- Rhymes: -ænɪk
Adjective
Hispanic (comparative more Hispanic, superlative most Hispanic)
- Of or relating to Spain
- (historical) Of or pertaining to the Iberian peninsula, its people, its culture or its languages.
- (colloquial) Of or relating to a Spanish-speaking people or culture, as in Latin America.
- Houses in New Mexico, California and Florida exhibit a strong Hispanic architectural influence.
- (colloquial) mestizo.
Synonyms
- (of Spain): Spanish
- (of Spanish-speaking people): Latin, Latino
- (of Iberia): Iberian, Hispanian
Derived terms
Derived terms
- Hispanicisation, Hispanicization
- Hispanicise, Hispanicize
- Hispanicism
- Hispanicity
- Hispanic panic
Related terms
Related terms
- Hispanist
- Hispano-, hispano-
- Hispanophile
- Hispanophilia
- Hispanophilic
- Hispanophobe
- Hispanophobia
- Hispanophobic
- Hispanophone
- Hispanophone Caribbean
- Hispanophonia
Translations
Translations
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Noun
Hispanic (plural Hispanics)
- A Spanish-speaking person.
- A person residing in the United States, Latin America or worldwide of Spanish ancestry
- (colloquial) A mestizo.
Related terms
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- Hispano
- spaniel
- Spanish
- Spanish-speaking
See also
- Iberian
- Ibero-
- Ibero-America
- Ibero-American
- Ibero-Romance
- Latin
- Latina
- Latin American
- Latino