Latino
Other forms: Latinos
A Latino is someone from a Latin American country. You can also describe anything related to a Spanish-speaking country as Latino.
A Latino — or Latina — is someone from a Latin American country. Latinos come from Mexico, Peru, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, Nicaragua, Cuba, Costa Rica, and other countries south of the United States. This word has a related meaning, which is similar to Hispanic. Anyone or anything from a Spanish-speaking country or culture is also Latino. For example, music by Mexican-Americans is sometimes called Latino music.
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a native of Latin Americasynonyms: Latin Americantypes:transmigrantea Latin American who buys used goods in the United States and takes them to Latin America to selltype of:Americana native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country
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related to a Spanish-speaking people or culturesynonyms: Hispanic
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an artificial language based on words common to the Romance languagestypes:Latino sine flexioneLatino without inflectional morphologytype of:artificial languagea language that is deliberately created for a specific purpose
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Raquel Welch was an American actress and model, who first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966). She then made One Million Years B.C. (1966). Other film credits included Bandolero! (1968) and The Three Musketeers (1974) for which she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Musical or Comedy. She also had successful roles in television movies, like The Legend of Walks Far Woman (1980) and Right to Die (1987) in which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Television Film. Her legacy is summarized through film quotes and biographic articles for this tribute.