Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The countries of the Western Hemisphere south of the United States, especially those speaking Spanish, Portuguese, or French.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun That part of the American continents that speak Spanish, Portuguese, or French; the part of the American continents south of the United States.
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- proper noun Those parts of the
Americas which speakSpanish orPortuguese ,Latin -derived languages:South America ,Central America ,Mexico , and most islands of theCarribean .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the parts of North America and South America to the south of the United States where Romance languages are spoken
Etymologies
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From French Amérique latine thought to be coined by French Emperor Napoleon III.
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