Latin@

//ləˈtinaʊ// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone of Latin American descent; a Latino or Latina.

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:Latin@."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Hispanic; Latino or Latina. not-comparable

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Etymology

The at-sign (@) resembles both the feminine ending/element a and the masculine o. The pronunciation ending in /-aʊ/ is from how Latinao would be pronounced; the one ending in /-eɪ/ uses (approximately) the sound of Spanish -e, a vowel between a and o.

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