Definitions for Hispanic

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Hispanic His·pan·ic

Spelling: [hi-span-ik]

IPA: /hɪˈspæn ɪk/

Hispanic is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 236 anagrams from letters in Hispanic (achiinps).

Definitions for Hispanic

noun

1. Also called Hispano-American [hi-span-oh-uh-mer-i-kuh n, -spah-noh] /hɪˈspæn oʊ əˈmɛr ɪ kən, -ˈspɑ noʊ/ (Show IPA), Hispanic American. a citizen or resident of the United States who is of Spanish or Spanish-speaking Latin-American descent. Compare Latino (def 2).
2. a person whose primary or native language is Spanish.

adjective

1. Spanish.
2. of or relating to Spanish-speaking Latin America:
3. Also, Hispano [hi-span-oh, -spah-noh] /hɪˈspæn oʊ, -ˈspɑ noʊ/ (Show IPA). of or relating to people of Spanish-speaking descent: Compare Latino (def 1).

Origin of Hispanic

From the Latin word hispānicus, dating back to 1575-85. See Hispania, -ic

Examples for Hispanic

Hispanic Republican moderate Brian Sandoval just won a landslide reelection in Nevada.

Seventy percent of Hispanic Americans reported being very or somewhat concerned about climate change, and 57 percent of blacks.

A more recent phenomenon in the political universe is politicians of Hispanic heritage who are not fluent in Spanish.

But at the same time, since Zimmerman, you've been hearing cases about officers killing black children—black men, Hispanic men.

Sen. Ted Cruz, one of two Hispanic Republicans in the Senate, accused Democrats of “pigeonholing” minority candidates.

In 1876 these Hispanic nations stood on the threshold of a new era.

Even in the library of the Hispanic Society of America there is no record of him.

One was black, the other two were white, though one might have been Hispanic.

It was situated in Hispanic Bœtica, having been built by Marcellus.

Of all the Hispanic nations, however, Brazil was easily the most stable.