Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of or relating to Spain or Spanish-speaking Latin America.
- adj. Of or relating to a Spanish-speaking people or culture.
- n. A Spanish-speaking person.
- n. A U.S. citizen or resident of Latin-American or Spanish descent.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to Spain or its people; particularly, pertaining to ancient Spain (Hispania).
Wiktionary
- adj. Of or related to Spain
- adj. Pertaining to a Spanish-speaking people or culture, as in Latin America.
- adj. Of or pertaining to the Iberian peninsula, its people, its culture or its languages.
- adj. mestizo.
- n. A Spanish-speaking person.
- n. A person residing in the United States, Latin America or worldwide of Spanish ancestry
- n. a mestizo.
- adj. Of or related to Spain
- adj. Pertaining to a Spanish-speaking people or culture, as in Latin America.
- adj. Of or pertaining to the Iberian peninsula, its people, its culture or its languages.
- adj. mestizo.
- n. A Spanish-speaking person.
- n. A person residing in the United States, Latin America or worldwide of Spanish ancestry
- n. a mestizo.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to Spain or its language.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an American whose first language is Spanish
- adj. related to a Spanish-speaking people or culture
Etymologies
- Latin Hispānicus, from Hispānia, Spain.
Examples
“I'm hispanic - I'm Hispanic - I'm Hispanic~~~ This is soooooooooo Racist I mean How could they do this?”
“Huntington's wish was to display art and artifacts that captured "the soul of Spain" at a time when the term Hispanic was typically associated with the Iberian Peninsula, not the people of Latin America.”
“But this doesn't actually tell the whole story, since a fair number of other people of Hispanic descent many of whom don't even like the term Hispanic since it collapses many histories into a hybrid, pseudo-racial box are checking other boxes, including "white.”
Remember the Alamo? Texas Conservatives Won't Jump On The Latina-Bashing Bandwagon
“Of course, most people in the United States use the term Hispanic incorrectly, in place of the more expansive term “Latino.””
The Volokh Conspiracy » Would Sotomayor be the First Hispanic Justice?
“As for the term Hispanic — prior to its use those now generally referred to as Hispanic were “other.””
The Volokh Conspiracy » Judge Sotomayor’s Lecture, “A Latina Judge’s Voice”:
“The term Hispanic arose out of a context wherein it was clear about whom the term was refering, i.e., Mexicans, mostly mestizo, not the white Germanic or Spanish variety.”
“The Los Angeles Times, for example, as part of their style, doesn't use the term Hispanic at all; they prefer the term Latino.”
Out of the Barrio: Toward a New Politics of Hispanic Assimilation
“The term Hispanic has also come to refer to the descendants of both [[Native American]] and [[European]] ancestry.”
“The term Hispanic has also come to refer to the descendants of both European ancestry.”
“The term Hispanic refers more to a language category -- a way for the IRS and our growing government to categorize this growing group of people with Spanish language heritage.”
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