LATINO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Latino mean? 

• LATINO (noun)
  The noun LATINO has 1 sense:

1. a native of Latin America

  Familiarity information: LATINO used as a noun is very rare.

• LATINO (adjective)
  The adjective LATINO has 1 sense:

1. related to a Spanish-speaking people or culture

  Familiarity information: LATINO used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LATINO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native of Latin America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Latin American; Latino

Hypernyms ("Latino" is a kind of...):

American (a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country)

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

spic; spick; spik ((ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent)

transmigrante (a Latin American who buys used goods in the United States and takes them to Latin America to sell)

Holonyms ("Latino" is a member of...):

Latin America (the parts of North America and South America to the south of the United States where Romance languages are spoken)

• LATINO (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Related to a Spanish-speaking people or culture

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Hispanic; Latino

Context example:

the Hispanic population of California is growing rapidly

Pertainym:

Hispanic (an American whose first language is Spanish)

 Context examples 

The term, "Spanish origin," can be used in addition to "Hispanic or Latino." (OMB)

(Hispanic or Latino, NCI Thesaurus)

This study is the first to confirm this association within Hispanic/Latinos, who have shared ancestry that is mixed with European, African and Native American ancestry.

(Study of multiethnic genomes identifies 27 genetic variants associated with disease, National Institutes of Health)

The team collected data from 49,839 African-American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native Hawaiian, Native American and people who identified as others and were not defined by those ethnic groups.

(Study of multiethnic genomes identifies 27 genetic variants associated with disease, National Institutes of Health)

Apart from finding new genomic variants, the study assessed whether known disease associations with 8,979 established genomic variants and specific diseases in European ancestry populations could be detected in African-American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Native American populations.

(Study of multiethnic genomes identifies 27 genetic variants associated with disease, National Institutes of Health)