Hispanic

[ hi-span-ik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Spanish ( def 1 ).
of or relating to Spanish-speaking Latin America:
the United States and its Hispanic neighbors.
Also �ᾱ��·�貹��·�� []. of or relating to people of Spanish-speaking descent: the Hispanic vote; Compare Latino ( def 1 ).
Hispanic students;
the Hispanic vote;
Hispanic communities.

noun

Also called �ᾱ��·�貹��·��-A·mer·i·can [hi-, span, -oh-, uh, -, mer, -i-k, uh, n, -, spah, -noh],. a citizen or resident of the United States who is of Spanish or Spanish-speaking Latin American descent. Compare Latino ( def 2 ).
a person whose primary or native language is Spanish.

Hispanic

/ ��ɪˈ��æ��ɪ�� /

adjective

relating to, characteristic of, or derived from Spain or Spanish-speaking countries

noun

a person of Latin-American or Spanish descent living in the US

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Usage Note

Some words that describe national or ethnic identities are acceptable as plural nouns, but are more controversial as singular nouns. This is the case for Hispanic. It’s often acceptable as a plural noun (a candidate favored by Hispanics ). However, it may sometimes be less so as a singular noun (the candidate who is a Hispanic ). Such words are always perfectly appropriate as adjectives (strategies to get Hispanic voters to the polls).

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Usage

his is the word most generally used in the US to refer to people of Latin American or Spanish ancestry

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Other Word Forms

�ᾱ��·�貹��·��·��·�� adverb
�Դǲ�-�ᾱ��·�貹��·�� adjective
��-�ᾱ��·�貹��·�� adjective
�ٰ��Բ�-�ᾱ��·�貹��·�� adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Hispanic¹

First recorded in 1580–90; from Latin �󾱲��Ծ��ܲ�, ��ٱ貹�Ծ��”; Hispania, -ic

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Example Sentences

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As a function of the race-wealth gap, African-Americans, Hispanics and Latinos, Native Americans and members of other marginalized communities have even less in savings than the average white American.

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Among other factors, the report states that ASD diagnoses among Black, Hispanic and other ethnic groups have increased because those “previously underserved groups” have received “increased access to ... identification services” in recent years.

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Frankie Miranda, president and CEO of the Hispanic Federation, a nonprofit advocacy group, told Salon that the threat of both deportation and detention is hanging over the Hispanic community in the United States.

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“There’s a lot of Hispanic customer base that we have that aren’t out and visiting as much as before,” he said.

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Diego Godoy, associate curator of the California and Hispanic collections at the Huntington Library in San Marino, said the archive could be useful for scholars for many reasons, including to better understand prison culture.

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Hispania Hispanicism

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