HISPANIC AMERICAN

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IPA (US):

• HISPANIC AMERICAN (noun)
  The noun HISPANIC AMERICAN has 1 sense:

1. an American whose first language is Spanish

  Familiarity information: HISPANIC AMERICAN used as a noun is very rare.

• HISPANIC AMERICAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An American whose first language is Spanish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Hispanic; Hispanic American; Spanish American

Hypernyms ("Hispanic American" is a kind of...):

American (a native or inhabitant of the United States)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Hispanic American"):

criollo (a Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish))

 Context examples 

On this page, you'll find links to health issues that affect Hispanic Americans.

(Hispanic American Health, NIH)