Latino

noun [C]

/ˌlætˈiː.nəʊ/

/-noʊ/ (plural Latinos) mainly US

Definition

› a person who lives in the US and who comes from, or whose family comes from, Latin AmericaPeople of specific racial or ethnic background → See also Latina

(Definition of Latino noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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