Hispanic
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3.5
- noun
- /hɪˈspænɪk/
- US
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hispano
- In 2005, suburban Phoenix was 22 percent Hispanic (U.S. Census Bureau 2005).
- American and Hispanic
- Black and Hispanic
- Hispanic/Latino
But if you are a Hispanic, what do you see?
- But if you are a Hispanic, what do you see?
- And if there's a movement among blacks and Hispanics towards Republicans, we will see it here first.
- And so we attempted to do IVR polling or robo polling of Hispanics in both languages.
- There are not as many females or African Americans or Hispanics in tech as there are Caucasian males.
- You know, Hispanics, you know, Asians of all sorts.
- But Summer and I could say this, it's for the Hispanics, without a doubt.
- So but Hispanics, it's been a very tough Rd.
- Driver looks like Mary could be a Panamanian Hispanic of some sort.
- And there was also a handful of South American like Hispanic.
- Now it's it's it's Mexicans, Hispanics.
- You know, like, like I never would think like, oh, you're a Hispanic.
Examples
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His name was Bobby Hernandez, and although Hispanic, he had listed his place of birth as Fresno, California.
Fiction book (1993) -
There seems to be a very large Hispanic population in this city.
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There seems to be a very large Hispanic population there.
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A lot of them were Hispanic and they were so sweet, so sweet.
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20 percent black, 21 percent Asian, 39 percent Hispanic.
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Thirteen participants reported their ethnicity as Hispanic, 10 as not Hispanic, and two were not reported.
Academic text (2013) -
Inside the location, the suspect is a male Hispanic wearing an orange construction vest and blue jeans.
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Pedro, representing the new leadership, identifies himself as Hispanic and sees the hermandad as a vehicle for community service.
Academic text (1999) -
In 2010, Hazleton's population was 37 percent Hispanic, according to the U.S. Census.
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A lot of them were Hispanic and they were so sweet, so sweet.
Synonyms
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3.2
A person in the United States whose family comes from a Spanish-speaking country, often from Latin America or Spain
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3.0
A person in the United States who speaks Spanish as their first language or whose family speaks Spanish
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7.2
A person with Spanish or Hispanic family roots in the southwestern United States for many generations
Compounds
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3.2
A person in the United States whose family comes from a Spanish-speaking country, often from Latin America or Spain
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3.1
The customs and traditions of people who speak Spanish, especially in Spain and Latin America
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hispanic comes from the old name Hispania, which meant 'the land of the Spaniards'. So a Hispanic is a person who comes from a Spanish-speaking country or who has family roots in Spanish-speaking culture.